Gardaí urge care on roads in wake of three fatalities

FOLLOWING a black week on the roads of Kerry, gardaí in the county yesterday urged motorists to drive with extreme care.

Two people died in overnight accidents, in Killorglin, and near Castleisland, bringing to three the number of road deaths in Kerry since Monday.

As well as that, a man in his early 20s, who was the victim of a hit-and-run accident, near Tarbert, in the early hours of Monday, is in a serious condition at Cork Regional Hospital.