Boy, 6, dies of boating injury

THE family of a boy who died after being hit by a speed boat in the North last night said they were devastated.

Stuart Wilson, 6, was being towed on a wake board at the time of the accident on Monday at Cranfield beach, near Kilkeel, Co Down.

He suffered severe head injuries and lost his battle for life at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast yesterday.

> A family statement said: “Stuart will always be in our thoughts. Gone but not forgotten.”