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The Mirror UKNews report · Aug 17, 3:29 PM
Five teens killed in head-on M9 crash as car driven wrong way on motorway are named
Five teenagers died after a head-on crash on the M9 near Moone, Co Kildare, in the early hours of Sunday.
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Five teenagers killed in M9 wrong-way crash are named locally
Metro UK and Irish Times describe the same event in different terms.
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As of August 17, 2026 at 4:15 PM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happened Five males were in a BMW on M9 in Co Kildare when car hit a Hyundai carrying three sisters and a boy.
The headline split The left frames it as "Five teens killed in head-on M9 crash as car driven wrong way on motorway are named". The center frames it as "Boy, seven, among four injured after crash in Ireland that killed five teenagers".
Match confidence Medium confidence. 4 sources across 2 bias buckets. Useful framing signal — check the source list before sharing.
Same-event confidenceMedium
4 sources across 2 bias buckets agree on the event.
Framing confidenceModerate
62/99 — meaningful wording shift across the spectrum.
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Left / center-leftFive teens killed in head-on M9 crash as car driven wrong way on motorway are named
The Mirror UK · Center-left · News report
CenterFive teenagers killed in M9 wrong-way crash are named locally
Irish Times · Center · News report
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Irish TimesNews report · Aug 17, 4:15 PM
Five teenagers killed in M9 wrong-way crash are named locally
Five males were in a BMW on M9 in Co Kildare when car hit a Hyundai carrying three sisters and a boy
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Metro UKNews report · Aug 17, 4:15 PM
Five teenagers killed after car drives wrong way on motorway are pictured
Kamil Pustkowski, Joe Carthy, Alex Mc Carthy, Jack Kennedy and Jeremy O’Brien sped the wrong way down the M9 in Co Kildare, crashing into a family heading on holiday.
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BBC NewsNews report · Aug 17, 3:07 PM
Boy, seven, among four injured after crash in Ireland that killed five teenagers
A car in which the five teenagers were travelling in was going the wrong way down a motorway in County Kildare.
Details62/99 Wording Gap · Medium confidence · 4 sources
62/99 Wording GapMedium confidence4 sources · 2 bias bucketsLive match · 4 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news formatFormats: News report
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Aug 17, 3:07 PM: BBC News joined the source map.
Aug 17, 3:29 PM: The Mirror UK joined the source map.
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Aug 17, 4:15 PM: Irish Times joined the source map.
Now: Wording Gap is 62/99 and story health is live match · 4 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format.