Five teenagers killed after car driven on wrong side of Irish motorway

Five teenagers were killed and four other people were seriously injured in a head-on collision on the M9 motorway in County Kildare, Republic of Ireland. The crash occurred around 3 am on Sunday when a car, reportedly driven on the wrong side of the motorway, collided with another vehicle. The occupants of the second vehicle, three women and a boy, remain hospitalized with serious injuries. The Garda commissioner described the incident as "horrific" and noted that such dangerous driving on motorways can sometimes be for social media attention. Authorities are investigating the circumstances of the crash and appealing for witnesses or dashcam footage.

A head-on collision occurred on the M9 motorway in Ireland early Sunday morning, resulting in multiple fatalities and serious injuries. Irish police stated that the crash involved a car traveling in the wrong direction on the highway. Commissioner Justin Kelly described the incident as "horrific" and suggested that in some instances, vehicles are driven on the wrong side of highways for social media attention. The collision happened at approximately 3 am near junction 3, involving two cars. Emergency services were alerted to a vehicle traveling southbound on the northbound carriageway between junctions 3 and 4. One of the seriously injured individuals is a child. Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash.