Five teenagers dead after car crash on wrong side of motorway

A family including a young boy have been seriously injuredTaite Johnson Audience and Trending Writer and Jonathan McCambridge Press Association11:41, 17 Aug 2026Five teenagers have died and four other people have been seriously injured in a crash after a car reportedly drove in the wrong direction on a motorway in Ireland.‌Gardai commissioner Justin Kelly has described the head-on collision between two cars on the M9 as "horrific" and warned that "in some cases" vehicles are being driven on the wrong side of motorways for "social media likes". Gardaí said they are investigating the circumstances of the crash at junction 3 that happened at about 3am on Sunday, August 16.‌The car carrying the teenagers crashed into a family heading to the airport, who have all been seriously injured in the i