Multiple social media accounts have posted videos purporting to show the five teenagers killed in the M9 crash in the Republic of Ireland in the hours before the tragedy.
The five teenage boys were killed after they drove a high-powered BMW the wrong way on the M9 and collided with a family travelling to Dublin Airport in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Jeremy O'Brien, 18, from Carlow; Alex McCarthy, 17, from Carlow; Joey Carthy, 15, from Athy, Kildare; Jack Kennedy, 17, also from Athy; and Kamil Pustkowski, 17, from Limerick were all pronounced dead at the scene of the collision.
Footage circulates online
Now footage has emerged, which purports to show the victims in the final hours before their deaths and has been widely circulated across social media, The Irish Mirror reports.
One video, shared online, carries the caption: "Ur last spin boys. To hear your voices in this boys has me in a pain that can't be described."
The footage, which appears to have been recorded from inside a car, shows a patrol car travelling behind it with its blue lights activated.
Additional videos surface
In another video, filmed from inside a BMW travelling along a main road, the camera pans towards the passenger seat, where a male is seen wearing a black balaclava.
The video carries the captions: "I love ya brother" and "Gonna be missed boys."
The authenticity and timing of the individual videos has not been independently verified, and it is not clear whether all of the footage relates to the five teenagers who died.
Investigation continues
The material has been widely circulated on social media following the fatal collision, with some accounts claiming the videos show the young men in the BMW before the crash.
Meanwhile, gardai continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the crash, while Fiosru, the Garda Siochana Ombudsman, is also examining Garda contact with the BMW before the collision.
The circulation of the videos online is likely to add to efforts to establish the movements of the vehicle and its occupants in the period before the fatal crash.
