M9 crash: Four dead in horror head-on collision after car 'drove wrong way' down motorway

The scene is currently being preserved for examination by forensic collision investigators.

It is understood the family were travelling from Co Carlow and may have been in their way to Dublin Airport at the time

The incident occured in County Kildare, located near the Irish capital of Dublin

Police have said a car was travelling the wrong way down a motorway in Co Kildare before it smashed into another vehicle.

A number of people have died and others have been seriously injured after a head-on collision between two cars on a motorway in Co Kildare.A gardaí spokesperson said one of the cars was travelling in the wrong direction on the M9 northbound.Gardaí said they are investigating the circumstances of the collision at juncti

The motorway is closed in both directions while emergency services attend the scene

A number of people have died and others have been seriously injured after a head-on collision between two cars on a motorway in Co Kildare, Irish police have said.A gardaí spokesperson said one of the cars was travelling in the wrong direction on the M9 northbound.Gardaí said they are investigating the circumstances of

SEVERAL people have died and others including one child have been seriously injured in a horror motorway crash. The collision happened on the M9 at Junction 3 in Moone, Athy in Kildare, at around 3am today. Gardaí and emergency services were alerted to a vehicle travelling southbound on the northbound carriageway of th

Three young women and a child who were left with serious injuries were travelling to Dublin Airport when crash occurred