Ten injured as car hits crowd in Australia in 'horrible incident'
First reported 3 Oct, 01:53 UTCUpdated 1d ago13 sources
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Ten people have been injured, including several children, after a car drove into a crowd gathered to cheer on a rugby team on Saturday, Australian officials have said.
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A car has crashed into a crowd of Newcastle Knights supporters as they lined the streets to cheer on the team bus as it travelled to Sydney ahead of Sunday's NRL grand final.
The driver has been identified as an 18-year-old man who is said to have been "revving" when he lost control of his car.
Police said they arrested the 18-year-old man driving the vehicle and were investigating what happened.
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- Young girl critical as car hits grand final gathering, injuring 10 — as it happened (opens ABC News (Australia) in a new tab)
A car has crashed into a crowd of Newcastle Knights supporters as they lined the streets to cheer on the team bus as it travelled to Sydney ahead of Sunday's NRL grand final.
- 10 injured as car rams crowd of rugby fans in Australia, driver likely lost control (opens Hindustan Times in a new tab)
Gavin Morris, the mayor of Newcastle, said that the driver lost control while revving his car before the team arrived.
- Nine injured in Australia as car crashes into crowd north of Sydney (opens The Hindu in a new tab)
The driver was arrested at the scene in the city about 110 km (68 miles) north of the New South Wales state capital, Sydney
- Ten injured as car hits crowd in Australia in 'horrible incident' (opens Sky News in a new tab)
Ten people have been injured, including several children, after a car drove into a crowd gathered to cheer on a rugby team on Saturday, Australian officials have said.
- Australia: Car crashes into rugby fans, 10 injured (opens Deutsche Welle in a new tab)
The driver has been identified as an 18-year-old man who is said to have been "revving" when he lost control of his car.
- Ten injured after car crashes into rugby supporters in Australia (opens Al Jazeera in a new tab)
New South Wales police say the driver, an 18-year-old rugby league fan, has been arrested.
- 10 injured after car crashes into crowd of rugby fans in Australia; driver arrested (opens ABC News in a new tab)
Two people, a 5-year-old girl and a 67-year-old man, were in critical condition.
- Several people injured in Australia after car crashes into crowd in northern Sydney (opens Arab News in a new tab)
A car crash in Newcastle, Australia, resulted in several injuries and led to the driver’s arrest. Police have stated the incident is not believed to be terrorism-related.
- 18-Year-Old Crashes Car Into Crowd In Australia, 10 Injured (opens NDTV in a new tab)
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, "My thoughts are with everyone injured or involved in the horrible incident this morning in Newcastle".
- Driver crashes into large crowd of Australian rugby fans, injuring 10 people, including several children (opens New York Post in a new tab)
Police said they arrested the 18-year-old man driving the vehicle and were investigating what happened.
- Children among 10 injured as driver ‘loses control’ and rams car into rugby fans in Australia (opens The Independent in a new tab)
Police say they arrested 18-year-old man driving vehicle and were investigating what happened
- Ten people injured, P-plater arrested after car crashes into Newcastle Knights fans (opens The Sydney Morning Herald in a new tab)
Three children, including a five-year-old in critical condition, are among the injured when a car crashed into a crowd of fans who had come out to farewell the Knights team bus.
