Mother died from brain injury in crash

A BRAIN haemorrhage sparked by a road traffic accident resulted in the death of a 68-year-old mother of a large family, an inquest was told in Tralee.

Celia O’Mahony, of Coolbalas, Listowel, Co Kerry, appeared quite normal and alert immediately after the crash, but developed seizures and became semiconscious on her way to Kerry General Hospital, in Tralee, the inquest heard.

She had been driving on a regional road near Ballylongford, Co Kerry, on February 5 last, when she was involved in a collision with a large horse box being towed by a jeep. A third vehicle also became involved in the accident.