Ten injured as car drives into crowd in Newcastle, Australia
An 18-year-old driver was arrested after a car drove into rugby league fans in Newcastle, leaving ten injured, including a girl and a man in critical condition.
Newcastle, Australia. Ten people were injured when a man drove into a crowd on Saturday after appearing to lose control of his car, authorities said. The 18-year-old driver was arrested at the scene in the suburb of Wallsend.
Fans gathered to send off rugby league team
The incident occurred as fans lined local streets to send off the Newcastle Knights rugby league team, which was due to compete in the country’s National Rugby League grand final in Sydney on Sunday.
Wallsend is about 110 km (70 miles) north of Sydney, the New South Wales state capital.
Two hospitalised in critical condition
A five-year-old girl and a 67-year-old man were among those hospitalised and were in critical condition, authorities said.
Newcastle Mayor Gavin Morris said the driver appeared to have lost control of the car.
“It appears that he was revving the car in some form,” Morris said in televised remarks.
Police said initial indications suggested the incident was not terrorism-related.
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