"First and foremost, my thoughts are very much with his parents and his two sisters. They're facing an unimaginable reality,"
"He was going off to do the tractor run, in great form with his family and this most horrendous accident happens."
"His family would be very well known and respected in the community. TJ was a lovely young fellow. And the young lads who he went to school with and played in teams are very, very shocked over the whole thing."
Thomas 'TJ' Chambers, 16, died at the scene of a single-vehicle tractor crash on the R458 at Bunnahow, north of Crusheen, County Clare, at 2pm on Saturday. The local coroner was notified and his remains were transferred to the mortuary at University Hospital Limerick for post-mortem examination. TJ was the only occupant of the tractor. He was a talented hurler with Ballyea GAA and a student at St Flannan's College in Ennis. His death occurred hours before a planned Tractor Run fundraiser for the club. The road remained closed while forensic collision investigators examined the scene and local officials, clergy, and community members offered condolences and support to the family.
Read at Irish Independent
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