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Funerals For Two Teenagers Killed In M9 Crash In Moone Taking Place This Week

Photo: Eamonn Farrell / Rolling News

The collision resulted in the death of five teenagers, as four others sustained serious injuries and are still in hospital

One of the teenagers killed in a crash on the M9 in Moone will be buried today.

18-year-old Jeremy O'Brien from Carlow Town died along with four other teenagers when the BMW they were in, hit an innocent family on the motorway near Moone in Kildare.

The car they were in was travelling the wrong way on the carriageway and the collision resulted in four people in the other car being seriously injured, including a young boy.

Jeremy will be buried in St Mary's Cemetery, Carlow following 11am mass this morning in Askea.

The last funeral will be held tomorrow for 17-year-old Jack Kennedy in Athy.

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