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Five Teens Killed in Wrong-Way Motorway Crash Had Been ‘Terrorising Communities’ for Weeks
Five teenagers died early on Sunday morning after the stolen BMW they were travelling in crashed head-on into a family car while driving the wrong way down the M9 motorway in County Kildare, Ireland. The group, aged between 15 and 18, had reportedly been involved in a fortnight-long spree of break-ins and car thefts that left local communities on edge. The collision occurred around 3am on 16 August 2026 near Moone, between junctions 3 and 4 on the northbound carriageway. The
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