Hundreds gather in vigil for family injured in horror wrong-way motorway crash

A prayer vigil in solidarity with the injured women and boy was held on Friday evening in Saint Clare’s Church in Graiguecullen.

Bishop Denis Nulty also warned about posting on social media.

Hundreds of people are attending a prayer vigil for four members of a family injured in in last weekend's crash on the M9 in Co Kildare.

National Highways said its data showed 947 incidents of wrong way driving

The vehicle did not collide with any other cars and was later discovered having been crashed.

The crash took place just days after a group of teens lost their lives driving the wrong way down the M9 in a stolen vehicle

GoFundMe appeal has raised more than €500,000 to help with medical expenses

Two cars collided on the M9 in Co Kildare leaving five teenagers dead and a family in hospital

Sisters Ella Hendricken, Niamh Kinsella and Alma Kinsella were seriously injured in the crash on Sunday (Picture: GoFundMe) The three sisters seriously injured when a gang of joyriders ploughed head-on into them while driving the wrong way down a motorway have been through an ‘incredibly difficult and frightening time’