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Five teenagers killed after car driven on wrong side of Irish motorway
Head-on collision between two vehicles on M9 in County Kildare also injured four other people, say police
TL;DR
- Five teenagers died and four others were seriously injured in a two-vehicle collision on the M9 motorway in County Kildare.
- The crash occurred when one vehicle was driven in the wrong direction on the motorway.
- The occupants of the second vehicle, three women and a boy, remain in hospital with serious injuries.
- Garda commissioner described the incident as 'horrific' and suggested some drivers travel the wrong way on motorways for social media attention.
- This incident follows a similar head-on collision on the M50 in Dublin last weekend.
- Gardaí are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage.