Kerry crash: Minister and staff escape car inferno but tourists seriously injured

MINISTER Eamon Ó Cuiv had a lucky escape yesterday when his car burst into flames after a crash near Killarney, Co Kerry.

Kerry crash: Minister and staff escape car inferno but tourists seriously injured

The black ministerial Volvo was in a collision with a rented Opel car on the N71 mountain road to Kenmare, between Muckross House and Torc Waterfall, one of the country’s most popular tourist routes.

A middle-aged American couple in the Opel and the three people in the minister’s car were all taken by ambulance to Kerry General Hospital, Tralee.

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