Tusla refers deaths of three teenagers in M9 crash for investigation by independent body
Tusla has referred the deaths of three teenagers involved in a fatal M9 motorway crash to the National Review Panel for investigation. The incident, which resulted in five total fatalities, involved a car traveling the wrong way on the motorway.
Why it matters
The involvement of state care agencies in the lives of the deceased highlights systemic concerns regarding the support and oversight of vulnerable youth.
The deaths of three of the five teenagers killed in a crash on the M9 motorway on Sunday have been referred by Tusla to the National Review Panel (NRP) for investigation.
While two were known to Tusla, Jack Kennedy (17) from Athy, Co Kildare , was in a residential placement in the care of Tusla.
The five young people died when the BMW they were travelling in was in a head-on collision with another car in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The BMW was travelling southbound on the northbound carriageway of the M9 when it collided with a Hyundai travelling in the correct direction.
Three women and a seven-year-old boy were en route to Dublin Airport when the crash happened shortly after 3am, near Moone, Co Kildare.
Alma and Niamh Kinsella were in the front of the Hyundai and remain in a serious condition in Tallaght University Hospital.
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