Seeing headlights come at me on the freeway was one of the more confusing and terrifying moments of my life. There’s just nothing you can do, but slow down, and get as far to the other side of the road as possible, and honk the horn at them. In my case, I had two lanes and a wide shoulder. As they pass, you look in the mirror for a second and hope the next drivers are as lucky.
At approximately 3am, the BMW was driving the wrong way down the M9 when it crashed into a Hyundai, injuring three sisters, Ella Hendricken, Niamh Kinsella and Alma Kinsella, in their 30s and 20s, and Alma’s seven-year-old son. They had been on their way to Dublin airport for a family wedding in the UK.
Police attending the scene of the crash with the wreckage of one of the cars still on the motorway
The boys who died – Joe Carthy, 15, Kamil Pustkowski, Jack Kennedy, Alex McCarthy, all 17, and Jeremy O’Brien, 18 – were known to police. Three were also known to the child welfare agency Tusla. Several had previously posted videos of reckless driving, previously known as joyriding.
At least the innocents weren’t killed.
Seeing headlights come at me on the freeway was one of the more confusing and terrifying moments of my life. There’s just nothing you can do, but slow down, and get as far to the other side of the road as possible, and honk the horn at them. In my case, I had two lanes and a wide shoulder. As they pass, you look in the mirror for a second and hope the next drivers are as lucky.