Heartbreaking tributes pour in for ‘gentle and kind’ man as he dies weeks after being injured in Kerry crash

A MAN aged in his 80s, who was critically injured in a Co Kerry crash just before Christmas has sadly died. Heartbreaking tributes have poured in for Charlie Curtin after he was rushed to hospital in a critical condition following a two-car accident[1] between Abbeyfeale and Castleisland on December 23rd.

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Charlie has been remembered as a ‘gentle and kind’ gentlemanCredit: Collect

Four other people travelling in the second car were also taken to hospital for assessment after the incident on the N21 at Knockbrack, Knocknagoshel. Charlie, who was from Meeleitrim South, Knocknogoshel, Kerry[2], sadly passed away on Saturday at the University Hospital Kerry.

The Kerry man leaves behind his brother Tom, sister-in-law Sadie, nieces, nephews, grandnephews, grandnieces, relatives, “kind neighbours” and a wide circle of friends. He is predeceased by his parents, Charles and Sarah, sisters, Sarah May, Tessie, Eileen and Kathleen and brothers, Danny, Timmy and Denny.