Child unharmed after going under moving truck

A truck driver got what was described as “the fright of his life” on Wednesday afternoon (10 April), when a six year old rode her bike under his articulated lorry.

Though moving at the time, the truck was very slow and the alert driver caught a flash of movement in the side mirror and stopped immediately, with no injuries reported to the child.

The incident happened at the bottle bank at Edmund Rice Square in Athy, Co Kildare.

A local source said: “Though taken to hospital as a precaution, the child is fine.

“The child apparently cycled under the side bar (ironically, known as the ‘safety bar’, to stop cars from going under HGVs), but the truck driver stopped immediately.

“He got the fright of his life, but it’s all done and dusted.

“She’s off for a check-up, but there are no injuries."

The same cannot be said for the driver’s heart, at this stage.