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Several people injured after vehicle hits crowd at Knights grand final farewell in Newcastle

NSW Ambulance confirms multiple people injured after a car hit a crowd Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A car has crashed into a crowd of people in Newcastle injuring several as fans waited to farewell the Knights team bus before the NRL grand final. New South Wales police said that emergency services were called to Newcastle Link Road at the Transfield Drive…

Several people injured after vehicle hits crowd at Knights grand final farewell in Newcastle

A car crashed into a crowd of people in Newcastle, injuring several, as fans waited to farewell the Newcastle Knights team bus before the NRL grand final. According to NSW Ambulance, emergency services were called to Newcastle Link Road at the Transfield Drive roundabout in Wallsend about 9:30am on Saturday.

The incident occurred after a vehicle struck multiple people in the crowd. A driver was arrested following the incident, as reported by The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.

Emergency services treated multiple casualties, as confirmed by ABC News AU and NSW Ambulance.

Brief written by urgent.news from The Guardian Australia, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, ABC News AU — 4 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.

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