A number of people are dead and four have been taken to hospital after a car drove the wrong way along a motorway in Ireland.
Among the passengers injured in the crash in Co Kildare early this morning was a child, who remains in a serious condition in a Dublin children’s hospital.
Gardaí, the Irish police force, said the ‘head-on collision’ took place on the northbound stretch of the M9 road at around 3am.
Another woman in her 20s, who was a passenger in the rear seat, is also in a serious condition at St Luke’s General Hospital.
According to the Irish Mirror, the child who was hurt in the crash is a girl who suffered a broken leg.
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The newspaper said the four people who were taken to hospital were in a car travelling to Dublin on the correct side of the road.
Fiosrú, the independent policing watchdog in Ireland, has announced it is also investigating the crash.
A spokesman said: ‘A referral does not necessarily mean a garda or gardaí have been accused of wrongdoing.
‘Instead, it means that Fiosrú should independently investigate the incident to ascertain whether or not the act or omission of a garda or gardaí may have resulted in the death of, or serious harm to, a person.’
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