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Five teenagers dead after car crashes on wrong side of M9

Five teenagers have died and four other people have been seriously injured following a head-on collision involving a car travelling on the wrong side of the M9 motorway in Co Kildare.

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Ireland
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16 Aug 2026, 08:41 UTC
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Five teenagers have died and four other people have been seriously injured following a head-on collision involving a car travelling on the wrong side of the M9 motorway in Co Kildare.
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    Five teenagers dead after car crashes on wrong side of M9

    Five teenagers have died and four other people have been seriously injured following a head-on collision involving a car travelling on the wrong side of the M9 motorway in Co Kildare.

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  • machine content-type Reported news observable-rules-v1 / 70% rule confidence
  • machine language-signal Death or self-harm observable-rules-v1 / 65% rule confidence
  • publisher category Ireland rss-category
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