Nine injured in M50 wrong-way crash involving teens

Nine people were injured, one critically, in a head-on collision on the M50 motorway in Dublin early Sunday morning after a car carrying eight teenagers drove the wrong way on the southbound carriageway. The Garda Síochána confirmed the incident occurred at approximately 5:30 a.m. on August 9, 2026, at Junction 12, Firhouse.

According to Gardaí, a vehicle was travelling northbound on the southbound carriageway and was driving down the off-ramp at Junction 12 when it collided head-on with another car. The vehicle going the wrong way contained eight male juveniles. All eight were transported to various hospitals for treatment, with one youth reported to be in a critical condition. The driver of the second car, a man in his early 20s, was also taken to the hospital with serious injuries.

The Office of the Police Ombudsman, Fiosrú, has launched an independent investigation into the collision. In a statement, Fiosrú said its investigators attended the scene and that the investigation aims to establish if any act or omission by a member of An Garda Síochána resulted in death or serious harm to a person. The office clarified that launching an investigation does not mean any garda has...