Happy ending after helicopter needed and Kerry minor football game abandoned due to head injury

Laune Rangers paid tribute to the personnel who treated the player.

 

There was unwanted drama in the Kerry minor championship today when the Round 2 clash between Laune Rangers and South Kerry in Waterville was abandoned after just five minutes due to a head injury suffered by a Rangers player.

After a long break for treatment to the player, the referee abandoned the game, while a helicopter was called to carry the stricken player to hospital.