Hundreds gather in vigil for family injured in M9 crash
A community was left “numb” after three sisters and a young boy were seriously injured in a horrific crash on the M9, a vigil of support for the family has heard.
Ella Hendricken, Niamh and Alma Kinsella were travelling with the child to the airport for a holiday when the car they were in was struck by another vehicle driving the wrong way down the motorway in Kildare on Sunday morning.
They were all taken to hospital for treatment of serious injuries.
Five teenagers in the other vehicle all died in the crash, which has renewed focus on enforcement of laws against dangerous driving, the regulation of social media content, and the provision of State care to children.
A prayer vigil in solidarity with the injured women and boy was held on Friday evening in Saint Clare’s Church in Graiguecullen, Carlow, near the Laois border.
Hundreds of well-wishers gathered for the...
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