'Horrible incident': At least nine injured as car hits crowd in Australia
At least nine 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.
A car drove into a crowd gathered to cheer on a rugby team in Newcastle, Australia, on Saturday. At least nine people were injured, including several children. The crowd had gathered to farewell the local rugby league side, the Newcastle Knights, ahead of their grand final match.
According to Newcastle Mayor Gavin Morris, the driver was a rugby fan who had lost control of his vehicle while revving it in excitement. He was taken into police custody. An ambulance spokesperson reported that one of the injured was in a critical condition, with another stable but critical, and seven others stable.
The incident occurred in the city about 110 km north of Sydney, where thousands had lined the streets to farewell the Newcastle Knights. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese expressed his thoughts with everyone injured or involved in the incident, saying rugby league brings people together and this should have been a weekend of excitement and pride for Newcastle fans.
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