Joyriders drive wrong way up motorway days after horror smash killed 5 boys

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

The five teenagers killed in the Ireland motorway crash have been named as Jeremy O'Brien, Alex McCarthy, Joey Carthy, Jack Kennedy and Kamil Pustkowski

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 Irel

Head-on collision between two vehicles on M9 in County Kildare also injured four other people, say police Five teenagers have died and four other people have been seriously injured in a crash involving a car driving in the wrong direction on a motorway in the Republic of Ireland, police said. Gardaí confirmed the bodie

Four other people have been seriously injured following the head-on collision on the M9 in Co Kildare.

The collision occurred on on the M9 Northbound at about 03:00 local time on Sunday in County Kildare.

Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly described the head-on collision between two cars on the M9 as ‘horrific’

Five teenagers killed in head-on motorway crash after car travelled the wrong way  lbc.co.uk

In Dublin, a non-national taxi driver was also physically and verbally abused by a non-national passenger on religious grounds.