Funeral details announced for Canadian trainee doctor who died tragically in Kerry

Nelia Scheeres' family have announced that a private family funeral and cremation for their daughter and sister will take place in Ireland in the coming days

Medical student Nelia Scheeres, 24, died in a crash in Tralee this past Monday. Picture: RIP.ie

Funeral details have been announced for the Canadian medical student killed in a car accident in Tralee this past Monday. 

Nelia Scheeres, who was just 24, was driving home from her first day of work at a doctor’s practice in Lixnaw when the car she was driving collided with a truck at about 1.15 pm at Pope’s Cross on the main N69 Tralee to Listowel road.