Man died after tyre on trailer exploded

A coroner yesterday advised people inflating tyres to be extra careful after hearing how a 59-year-old agricultural contractor died after a tyre exploded “the same as a bomb”.

Timothy Riordan, of Listry, Faha, Co Kerry, died at Kerry General Hospital on Mar 10, 2012 from head, neck, and chest trauma due to tyre blast injuries, according to assistant state pathologist Dr Margot Bolster.

The inquest in Tralee was told Mr Riordan was blown 15ft against a steel door after a tyre on a large dump trailer he was inflating blew.