{"id":23213,"date":"2025-09-15T17:26:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T17:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/23213\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T17:26:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T17:26:08","slug":"kerry-road-crash-victim-is-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/23213\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerry road crash victim is named"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"David Siegel died in a tragic accident on Sunday.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1e31c92a-3449-4e39-bf83-68e819c3fd46.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">David Siegel died in a tragic accident on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"David in action in the shot putt.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/c65fb6ae-0617-4a0c-b674-9578a06ef7c6.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">David in action in the shot putt.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"thumbnail: David Siegel died in a tragic accident on Sunday.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757957168_415_1e31c92a-3449-4e39-bf83-68e819c3fd46.jpg\" height=\"40px\" width=\"auto\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"thumbnail: David in action in the shot putt.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757957168_493_c65fb6ae-0617-4a0c-b674-9578a06ef7c6.jpg\" height=\"40px\" width=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The victim of Sunday\u2019s fatal road traffic collision that occurred just outside Tralee has been named as David Siegel (24) from Tralee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">David was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 10am on Sunday as gardai and emergency services responded to reports of a single-vehicle incident involving a car on the N69 at Ballingowan (near the Ballygarry roundabout).<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Mr Siegel was driving the vehicle and was the sole occupant when the tragic incident happened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A former pupil of CBS The Green, David was a keen athlete during his school years. He won an All-Ireland silver in the Intermediate shot putt at the Irish Schools Track and Field Championships in 2018.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A statement from An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na said the local Coroner was notified of the accident and the deceased was taken to the mortuary at University Hospital Kerry (UHK), where a post-mortem examination was conducted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Siegel died in a tragic accident on Sunday. David in action in the shot putt. 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