Teenager who died in tractor crash in Co Clare named locally as Thomas (TJ) Chambers

"Chambers,(16) a promising hurler with his local team Ballyea GAA , died at the scene of the accident on the R458 at Bunnahow, north of Crusheen, at 2pm on Saturday. He was the only occupant of the tractor. The local coroner was notified, and the boys remains were transferred to the mortuary at University Hospital Limerick where a postmortem will be carried out."

""Gardaí have appealed for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision in County Clare on Saturday, 27th December 2025. "Shortly before 2pm, Gardaí and emergency services responded to a single-vehicle collision involving a tractor on the R458 at Bunnahow, County Clare (north of Crusheen). "The sole occupant of the tractor, a male in his teens (16), was pronounced deceased at the scene a short time later."

TJ Chambers, aged 16 and a promising hurler with Ballyea GAA, died at the scene of a single-vehicle tractor collision on the R458 at Bunnahow, north of Crusheen, shortly before 2pm on Saturday. He was the sole occupant of the tractor. The local coroner was notified and his remains were transferred to University Hospital Limerick for a postmortem. Garda Forensic Collision Investigators examined the scene and the road remained closed for much of Sunday. Gardaí have appealed for witnesses and for dash-cam or other camera footage from road users travelling between Gort and Crusheen. National road deaths reached 188 so far in 2025, an increase on 2024.

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