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| Northern Ireland boy killed in Tenerife hit-and-run | |
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| A man has been arrested after a nine-year-old boy from Northern Ireland died in hospital following a hit-and-run in Tenerife. | |
| Carter Carson, from Newtownabbey, was leaving a shopping centre with his family in Adeje in the south of the island on Thursday when he was struck by a car. | Carter Carson, from Newtownabbey, was leaving a shopping centre with his family in Adeje in the south of the island on Thursday when he was struck by a car. |
| He died in hospital on Friday. | He died in hospital on Friday. |
| A car believed to have been involved was found abandoned a few miles from the scene. | A car believed to have been involved was found abandoned a few miles from the scene. |
| Spanish police said two people had been arrested in relation to the incident. | |
| Carter was a P5 pupil at Abbots Cross Primary School in Newtownabbey. | Carter was a P5 pupil at Abbots Cross Primary School in Newtownabbey. |
| In a statement the school said: "The whole school community of Abbots Cross Primary is deeply saddened by the sudden loss of our P5 pupil, Carter Carson. | In a statement the school said: "The whole school community of Abbots Cross Primary is deeply saddened by the sudden loss of our P5 pupil, Carter Carson. |
| "Our thoughts and prayers are with Carter's immediate and wider family circle at this tragic time." | "Our thoughts and prayers are with Carter's immediate and wider family circle at this tragic time." |
| In a statement the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said: "We are providing assistance to the family following the tragic death of a British child in Tenerife." | In a statement the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said: "We are providing assistance to the family following the tragic death of a British child in Tenerife." |