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ARCHIVED · 2 LEFT · 3 CENTER · 2 RIGHT · Aug 17, 2:18 AM

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Post-mortem due on five teenagers killed in M9 collision

Headlines vary from factual reporting to emphasizing the cause, emotional impact, or linking the victims to a suspected crime spree.

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What happenedPost-mortem examinations will be carried out today on the bodies of five male teenagers killed in a head-on collision yesterday when their car was driven the wrong way down the M9 motorway.
What changedThe left frames it as "Five teenagers killed after car driven on wrong side of Irish motorway". The right frames it as "Five teenagers killed in 'horrific' wrong-way crash on motorway with child among injured".
ConfidenceHigh. 6+ sources across left, center, and right with comparable news formats.
Archive healthStable · 7 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format

WORDING GAP

80WORDING GAP

7 sources · 3 bias buckets · High confidence

Different Spin. The left frames it as "Five teenagers killed after car driven on wrong side of Irish motorway". The right frames it as "Five teenagers killed in 'horrific' wrong-way crash on motorway with child among injured".

SOURCE MAP TIMELINE

Aug 16, 8:07 PM: BBC News joined the source map.

Aug 16, 8:34 PM: The Independent joined the source map.

Aug 16, 9:13 PM: GB News joined the source map.

Aug 16, 9:49 PM: Irish Times joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 80/99 and story health is stable · 7 sources · all three buckets · comparable news format.

ARCHIVED SOURCES

Right ·News report
GB News3h ago

Five teenagers killed in 'horrific' wrong-way crash on motorway with child among injured

horrificwrong-waychild among injured

Five teenage boys were killed in the early hours of Sunday morning when a car travelling the wrong way collided head-on with another vehicle. The crash took place on the M9 motorway in Coun...

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Center-right ·News report
Daily Mail47m ago

Five teenage boys are dead and a family of four going to the airport to go on holiday is seriously injured after head-on crash on Irish motorway at 3am

Police said a car was travelling on the M9 in the wrong direction in Co Kildare before it smashed into another vehicle at junction 3 at around 3am on Sunday.

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Center ·News report

Post-mortem due on five teenagers killed in M9 collision

Post-mortem examinations will be carried out today on the bodies of five male teenagers killed in a head-on collision yesterday when their car was driven the wrong way down the M9 motorway.

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Left ·News report

Five teenagers killed after car driven on wrong side of Irish motorway

wrong side

Head-on collision between two vehicles on M9 in County Kildare also injured four other people, say police Five teenagers have died and four other people have been seriously injured in a cra...

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Center ·News report

Five masked teenagers killed in M9 crash are suspected of local crime spree

maskedsuspected of local crime spree

BMW crashed into sisters, boy (7), during second stint driving wrong way down motorway, victims wore balaclavas, masks

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Center-left ·News report

Five teenagers killed and child injured in crash after car driven wrong way on motorway

Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly described the head-on collision between two cars on the M9 as ‘horrific’

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Center ·News report
BBC News4h ago

Five teenagers dead and four injured after car drives on wrong side of motorway

The collision occurred on on the M9 Northbound at about 03:00 local time on Sunday in County Kildare.

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