Two US tourists die in jaunting car accident

Two American tourists killed in a freak accident involving a jaunting car at the Gap of Dunloe in Co Kerry are understood to be from Phoenix, Arizona.

The dead couple was in a group that included the woman’s daughter and son-in-law, and the latter couple’s two children. The party was staying in a hotel in Killarney town.

Gardaí were unclear last night as to what caused the accident yesterday in which the tourists, in their 60s, lost their lives, after the traditional horse and trap in which they were travelling suddenly left the road and fell around 20ft.