Five teenagers killed and four other people injured in Ireland car crash
Summary
Five teenage boys died and four other people were seriously hurt in a car crash on a motorway in Ireland. The crash happened early Sunday when one car was driving the wrong way and hit another vehicle near Athy in County Kildare.Key Facts
- Five male teenagers died in a two-car collision on the M9 motorway in Ireland.
- Four other people, including three women and one boy, were seriously injured and taken to different hospitals.
- The crash took place around 3 a.m. near junction 3 of the M9 motorway.
- One car was driving the wrong way on the motorway before the crash.
- Police are investigating the incident and have asked for witnesses or dashcam footage.
- Garda commissioner Justin Kelly called the crash “horrific” and linked some wrong-way driving to attempts to gain social media attention.
- The crash occurred soon after a similar wrong-way crash on the M50 motorway in Dublin that injured nine people.
- The bodies of the teenagers were taken for postmortem exams at Naas General Hospital.
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