Referee suffers fatal brain injury

A POPULAR referee suffered a fatal brain injury after a freak electric shock in his heart caused him to collapse.

Referee suffers fatal brain injury

Cork Coroner’s Court heard that Gerry Kiely, 53, from Limerick probably suffered the injury after the heart arrhythmia — an irregular heartbeat — caused the collapse.

Assistant state pathologist Dr Margaret Bolster said Mr Kiely was otherwise fit and healthy and there was no evidence of heart disease.

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