Conflict · Garda pursuitIreland Wrong-Way Crash Kills 5 Teens Filming TikTok JoyrideAired August 19, 2026 at 2:21 AM UTCWritten September 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:00Five teenage boys aged [music] 15 to 180:02were killed when the stolen BMW they0:04were in was driven the wrong way on an0:06Irish motorway [music] and collided with0:07a family car. The collision seriously0:09injured family members inside [music]0:11that car, including a young boy, and it0:13was the second wrongway crash on Irish0:15roads in the same week. [music] The0:17wrongway driving was intended to evade a0:19guard a pursuit and was being filmed for0:21social media clout as part of a Tik Tok0:23joying phenomenon. Videos left on some0:26of the Dead Boy's accounts showed that0:28pipeline playing out on camera, hot0:30wiring, pulling ignitions, taunting0:31owners, and reckless driving,0:33culminating in deliberately driving0:35against traffic because Garta cannot0:36continue a pursuit on the wrong side. A0:38limit now exploited on camera. Garta0:41representatives are pressing for new0:42hard stop powers and revised pursuit0:44training, [music]0:45saying the soft approach is failing,0:46while the platform points to monitoring0:48and removal of videos and accounts that0:50violate [music] its rules, claiming 99%0:52are removed before user reports. a rate0:54now under scrutiny as critics argue0:56social media companies are permitting0:58the glorification of criminal behavior.1:00This account comes [music] from a single1:01report published August 18th that has1:03not yet been independently corroborated.1:06And what remains unresolved is the1:07current condition of the injured family,1:09what happened in the other Wrongway1:10crash that same week, whether Garter1:12will receive those hard stop powers, and1:14whether that 99% proactive removal rate1:16is actually breaking the filming loop.1:19Like and follow for more stories that1:21matter.Explore with HeyDexThe shortThe short ↗