Pictures from a car crash on the Main Tralee to Fenit Road. Photo By : Domnick Walsh / Eye Focus LTD ©

A SEVEN-year-old boy was rushed to hospital tonight after suffering serious injuries in a multi-vehicle collision in Co Kerry.

The boy was rushed by ambulance to Kerry General Hospital (KGH) where he was said to be in a serious but stable condition.

He was a passenger in a car that was involved in a collision with two other cars at Clogherbrien Cross on the Tralee to Fenit road just after 8.30pm last night.

A number of people were taken from the scene by ambulance to KGH though none of the injuries sustained are thought to be life-threatening.

It is understood the crash happened when one of the cars clipped off a pillar and spun out of control colliding with the other cars in its path.

Five ambulances and several units of the fire brigade attended the scene which was sealed off by gardai pending an investigation.

Road conditions were good at the time and it was still daylight.

The Kerries road and the main road to Fenit were blocked off by gardai last night as emergency vehicles attended the scene.

The road from Ballyroe to Clogherbrien and a section of the road from Fenit into Tralee was also blocked.

By Ralph Riegel

Online Editors