Boy killed by vehicle in Roscommon believed to have been on holiday with family

A boy has died following a road crash in Co Roscommon (Niall Carson/PA)

The tragic death of an infant child following a collision with an SUV this morning in Roscommon has been described by a local senator as "heart-breaking" for the families involved.

A number of local people have said that the boy and his family may have been holidaying in the area at the time of the tragedy and staying in a local house used as a holiday home.