BOY, 2, KILLED BY LORRY ON FARM.

A TODDLER has been knocked down and killed by a lorry on his family's farm. Tadhg Sweeney, two, was hit outside his parents' house at Mullaslin, Carrickmore, near Omagh, Co Tyrone. Fr Thomas Mallon from Termonmaguire parish, who baptised the child, said: "The whole community will be absolutely shocked by this beyond belief." The Health and Safety Executive is investigating and an inspector has been called. Fr Mallon added: "They were all out in the yard at Boy killed in yard of family farm the time. It was just someone moving one of the vehicles. They were all walking around the yard." He said the Sweeneys were a sporting family, deeply involved in the GAA, football and hurling, as well as Bunscoil Naomh Colmcille, the Irish language school in Carrickmore which the other three children attended. Tadhg's parents Paul and Clare as well as brothers Seamus, Donal and Conn were being comforted by relatives last night. Tadhg was the youngest with the oldest aged seven. Naomh Colmcille principal Peter Cush said the child was due to start at the pre-school next year. He added: "They are very supportive parents and a wonderful family and it is just awful to see, I am shattered as we all are." "This wee lad would have been in and out with his mum almost on a daily basis, we had got to know him around the school. "It is devastating to know what effect this is going to have. Our sympathies are with the family and the wider circle." A police spokesman said officers were called at 6.30pm. He confirmed: "The child was pronounced dead on arrival at Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry.