Overview
- A car driving the wrong way on the M9 between Junctions 3 and 4 collided head‑on with another vehicle at about 3am on Sunday, leaving five male teenagers dead.
- Four people in the second vehicle were seriously or critically injured, including two women in their 30s, a woman in her 20s, and a boy who are being treated in Tallaght, St. Luke’s and Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin.
- Forensic collision teams completed an on‑scene examination, the wrecked vehicles were removed and post‑mortem examinations on the teenagers are scheduled at Naas General Hospital.
- Fiosrú, the Office of the Police Ombudsman, has been notified and its independent investigation is ongoing to establish whether any act or omission by gardaí contributed to the deaths or injuries.
- Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly called the crash “horrific,” linked it to a pattern of wrong‑way incidents and urged motorists with dashcam footage or witnesses who were on the M9 between 2am and 3am to contact investigators.