Parents say driver not to blame for boy’s death

THE little boy who died after being crushed by a lorry, just days before he was due to start primary school, was buried in his new uniform yesterday.

The Scooby Doo bag which four-year-old Kelvin Purcell had ready was among several gifts carried to the altar during his funeral Mass.

Kelvin, from Ardcullen Estate in Knocknaheeny, on Cork’s northside, was crushed by a lorry delivering coal while he was lying on a skateboard near his home last Friday.