Five Killed driving On Wrong Side Of Road

[The Mad Monk]

Five teenagers were killed and four other people were injured after a car drove on the wrong side of the road.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyqq52xkypo

[Hub]

Terrible

A quote from the article -
"What makes this reckless behaviour even more appalling is that in some cases it is being done for social media likes regardless of the potentially devastating impact it might have on innocent people and themselves."

Concerning. They wouldn't normally make such a comment in the early stages of an investigation would they? "in some cases"?

[mac96]

The Mad Monk said:

Five teenagers were killed and four other people were injured after a car drove on the wrong side of the road.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyqq52xkypo

Dreadful to see that the Police think this may have been deliberate for kicks, not the result of a mistake, drunken confusion or senility.

[Quattr04.]

Awful for the people in the other car

I assume it won’t be long before we see social media footage of the inside of the car, probably a golf R or similar, maybe some sort of hot BMW and not long after stories of the aspiring footballers who never caused any trouble.

[turbomoggie]

Hub said:

Terrible

A quote from the article -
"What makes this reckless behaviour even more appalling is that in some cases it is being done for social media likes regardless of the potentially devastating impact it might have on innocent people and themselves."

Concerning. They wouldn't normally make such a comment in the early stages of an investigation would they? "in some cases"?

An unusual comment to make. I wonder if this is a trend or the group had a history of doing this? I would presume drugs/alcohol must be involved.

Wishing those in the other vehicle a quick recovery. A sad situation all around - 5 families losing their loved ones.

[skyebear]

The Mad Monk said:

Five teenagers were killed

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyqq52xkypo

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/17/five...

[Oceanrower]

skyebear said:

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/08/17/five...

Promising footballers. Each and every one of them…

Salt of the earth.

[mick987]

Scumbags lucky they did not kill the people in the other car.

[eldrich]

Oceanrower said:

Promising footballers. Each and every one of them

Salt of the earth.

You forgot the part about how they fetch their Granny's shopping each week too.

A tragic watse of 5 lives, I doubt the other cars participants will ever be the same again as well.