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11th January 2019
08:27pm GMT
The child was brought to Letterkenny University Hospital where she is being treated for a broken pelvis and a foot injury.
Rosses Community School, where Ms Croke was a teacher, has expressed its condolences in the wake of her death.
"Our school wish to send our love and support to the family, school and local community at this sad time," it said in a statement.
Local TD Pat 'the Cope' Gallagher said that there was shock in the community over the tragedy.
"Dawn Croke was an exceptionally gifted individual with a massive personality and warmth that radiated from her on each occasion you met her. "I knew Dawn well, she is a member of a well-known and much respected Dungloe family. "She was dearly loved by her students and her work colleagues, all of whom are devastated at the news of her untimely death."
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