Funerals of two killed in M9 horror crash to be held as teens laid to rest

Five teenage boys died following a collision on the M9 after the vehicle they were travelling in struck a family heading to Dublin Airport in the early hours of Sunday, August 16

The funerals of two young victims of the devastating M9 crash last weekend are set to take place.

Five teenage boys lost their lives after a high-powered BMW they were travelling in drove the wrong way along the M9, colliding with a family en route to Dublin Airport in the early hours of Sunday, August 16.

The BMW is believed to have been travelling at speeds exceeding 120km/h (75mph) when it struck the Hyundai near Junction 3 of the M9 in Co Kildare at approximately 3am.

Four individuals travelling in the Hyundai – sisters Niamh and Alma Kinsella and Ella Hendricken, along with a young boy – suffered catastrophic injuries and continue to receive hospital treatment.

Jeremy O’Brien, 18, from Carlow, Alex McCarthy, 16, from Carlow, Joey Carthy, 15, from Athy, Kildare, Jack Kennedy, 17, also from Athy, and Kamil Pustkowski, 17, from Limerick, all lost their lives in the collision, reports the Irish Mirror.

Three of the teenagers have already been laid to rest, with 15-year-old Joe Carthy becoming the first of the five to be buried on Friday.

His funeral was held at St Michael’s Church in Athy just before 11.30am, while Alex McCarthy’s service took place in Askea, Carlow, on Friday afternoon.

A small gathering of mourners also assembled in Limerick on Friday to pay their final respects to Kamil Pustkowski, who lay in repose at a local funeral home before a cremation ceremony was held.

A funeral mass for Jeremy ‘Bobbles’ O’Brien will be held on Monday at 11am at the Church of the Holy Family, Askea, followed by burial at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Carlow.

Jack Kennedy’s funeral mass will take place on Tuesday at 11am at St. Michael’s Parish Church, Athy, ahead of a private cremation later that afternoon.

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