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Five teenagers dead and four injured after car drives on wrong side of motorway
BBC ^ | August 16, 2026 | Adam Mandeville

Posted on 08/20/2026 9:33:36 AM PDT by xxqqzz

Five teenage boys have died and four people have been taken to hospital following a two-vehicle crash in County Kildare.

The collision occurred on the M9 Northbound at Junction 3 at about 03:00 local time on Sunday.

Gardaí said the bodies of the five teenage boys, all occupants of one vehicle, have now been removed from the scene and taken to Naas General Hospital where post-mortem examinations will take place.

They said the vehicle had been travelling on the wrong side of the carriageway when a head on collision occurred with a second car.

The driver and front passenger, both women in their 30s, of the second car have been removed from the scene to Tallaght University Hospital.

A female rear seat passenger, aged in her 20s, was taken to St. Luke's General and the third passenger, who is a child, has been removed to Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin.

All four are being treated for serious injuries.

The section of the M9 from Junction 3 to Junction 4 northbound and southbound remains closed with local diversions in place.

Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly described those injured in the crash as "family members" who were "travelling innocently" when they were struck by the car driving on the wrong side of the motorway.

He described it as a "horrific incident" and "irresponsible and dangerous driving".

"What makes this reckless behaviour even more appalling is that in some cases it is being done for social media likes regardless of the potentially devastating impact it might have on innocent people and themselves."

Kelly added that officers "do what they can to stop such vehicles while also taking into consideration all other road users".

"Gardaí are put in a really challenging situation dealing with such incidents."

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The 5 in the car going to wrong way were all killed. The people they hit were injured. It appears that it was a stolen BMW and that they had been breaking into houses and cars. Probably went the wrong way to avoid police, as the police would not follow them. However, no one knows for sure as no surviving witnesses to why they were doing that.
1 posted on 08/20/2026 9:33:36 AM PDT by xxqqzz
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Somehow I don’t think the driver who caused the accident has a last name of “O’Reilly”.


2 posted on 08/20/2026 9:35:47 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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Five teenagers dead and four injured after car drives on wrong side of motorway

Sounds like a very evil car, that drove those kids on the wrong side of the motorway.

Cars need to be made smarter and not so evil.
3 posted on 08/20/2026 9:38:07 AM PDT by adorno ( )
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I’m willing to bet that they’re cultural enrichment members.


4 posted on 08/20/2026 9:41:03 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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And if the last name isn’t O’Reilly, is it someone who learned to drive in pretty much anywhere else in the world, and under stress got on the wrong (right) side of the road?

Obviously, criminals are gonna criminal and that’s the real source of this tragedy, but if Britain would get with the program and do what everyone else does it would probably reduce a lot of accidents for travelers and people new-to or new-from Commonwealth countries.


5 posted on 08/20/2026 9:41:42 AM PDT by Merrick (It's a car - that runs on water, man!)
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Five young people with their whole lives ahead of them would still be alive if the Brits would stop driving on the wrong side of the road!


6 posted on 08/20/2026 9:42:54 AM PDT by pingman (Hi Ho Silver! AWAY!)
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It is striking to observe the callous and malevolent commentary directed at the tragic loss of innocent lives, commentary that so frequently saturates this otherwise reputable website.


7 posted on 08/20/2026 9:45:53 AM PDT by know.your.why
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They have a 0’brien and a McCarthy

White Punks On Dope

8 posted on 08/20/2026 9:46:11 AM PDT by OldHarbor
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If they were,in fact,engaged in criminal activity at the time then all I can say is...no sympathy.


9 posted on 08/20/2026 9:46:55 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: aquila48

Ireland does have a serious problem with Third Worlders...just as the rest of the EU.


10 posted on 08/20/2026 9:48:14 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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Somehow I don’t think the driver who caused the accident has a last name of “O’Reilly”.

O'Brien...close enough?

The only men remaining in Ireland are the retards. All the good ones left long ago.

11 posted on 08/20/2026 9:56:36 AM PDT by montag813
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Notice they ascertained that two vehicles were involved in the head on collision. Who knew? Minimum two required.


12 posted on 08/20/2026 10:11:02 AM PDT by rktman (Patriotism not 'hateriotism' !. Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🇺🇸)
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Why not?

“”that in some cases it is being done for social media likes”” Don’t know what that reason would be - to see what you could get away with on the WRONG SIDE of a highway?

We had friends in CA years ago who had moved from Belfast and they had a horrible time driving on the CORRECT side of the surface streets. Didn’t have that trouble on the freeways - learned that fast, I guess. No other choice..only get one chance at that.

We’d have the same trouble driving in the UK, I suspect...


13 posted on 08/20/2026 10:12:34 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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Tragic loss of innocent lives: get lost


14 posted on 08/20/2026 10:32:06 AM PDT by exinnj
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"get lost"

Validation.
15 posted on 08/20/2026 10:54:28 AM PDT by know.your.why
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It is striking to observe the callous and malevolent commentary directed at the tragic loss of innocent lives, commentary that so frequently saturates this otherwise reputable website.

Oh, stop it!

I'm not being dismissive of the tragedy which had those innocent lives taken.

Talk about what it was that I pointed out. I pointed out that the writing of the article was atrocious.

It's the same as pointing out that, a ballistic missile landed killing innocent Ukrainian citizens. It wasn't the ballistic missile that did the killing, just like it wasn't the car driving the wrong way that caused the deaths.

Get my drift?
16 posted on 08/20/2026 10:55:54 AM PDT by adorno ( )
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The five teenagers who died have been named locally as Joe Carthy from Athy, County Kildare, Alex McCarthy from Carlow, Kamil Pustkowski from Limerick, Jeremy O'Brien and Jack Kennedy

Officers told not to pursue car on wrong side of motorway, says police body -- BBC

17 posted on 08/20/2026 10:56:25 AM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: xxqqzz


18 posted on 08/20/2026 11:19:06 AM PDT by Iron Munro ("For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:)
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To: OldHarbor

Well, this marks the end of their crime spree for sure.


19 posted on 08/20/2026 11:29:26 AM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's okay... I wasn't married to it.)
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I'm not being dismissive of the tragedy...

“Saying ‘I’m not being dismissive’ does not make the statement non-dismissive.” Read the headline again: Five teenagers dead and four injured after car drives on wrong side of motorway. And your focus is the car? Really?
20 posted on 08/20/2026 11:41:42 AM PDT by know.your.why
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