Family of past victim recalls pain of their loss

THE great grandfather of a boy who died last year after being hit by a falling crossbar has called for a campaign to make goalposts safer.

Family of past victim recalls pain of their loss

Co Louth schoolboy Lee Lucchesi, who was the same age as Andrew Fitzgerald, died last September after being struck on the head as he played with a group of children at a pitch in Navan, Co Meath.

His great grandfather, Alvaro, said his family is still suffering desperately following the child’s death. “We can never get over it,” he said.

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