Toddler ‘lucky to be alive’ after rock thrown at camper van

A FAMILY holiday almost turned to tragedy after a toddler was hit on the head by a rock thrown at his camper van.

Toddler ‘lucky to be alive’ after  rock thrown at camper van

Two-and-a-half-year-old Marcel Burke from France suffered a gaping wound to his forehead, lost a considerable amount of blood and was lucky to survive the terrifying incident on Cork’s South Link Road.

The toddler was recovering at the home of relatives in Glanmire last night.

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