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Northern Ireland boy killed in Tenerife hit-and-run | Northern Ireland boy killed in Tenerife hit-and-run |
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Two men have 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. |
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." |
Newtownabbey Youth Football Club, where Carter played, posted a tribute to its Facebook page. | |
"It is with deepest condolences and heavy hearts we as a club are saddened to hear of the tragic passing of young Carter Carson this morning. | |
"Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and his friends at the club. YNWA. | |
"The chairman told me he'd been playing football since he was 5-year-old and that the whole club is heartbroken." | |
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." |