{
  "id": 11766563,
  "title": "Driver to face court over Newcastle crowd crash",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/driver-to-face-court-over-newcastle-crowd-crash",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-03T20:30:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
    "slug": "the-sydney-morning-herald",
    "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/national/driver-to-face-court-over-newcastle-crowd-crash-20261004-p612mi.html?ref=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A teenager, Indika Bambrick Samarasinghe, is due in court after a car crashed into a group of Newcastle Knights fans. The incident occurred yesterday morning when a car allegedly driven erratically hit supporters lining the streets to see off the team as they left for the NRL Grand Final in Sydney.\n\nThe crash, which happened at a roundabout on Newcastle Link Road, injured 10 people. According to Hunter New England Health, one patient, a five-year-old girl, remained in a critical but stable condition in hospital, while three others had been discharged.\n\nThe 18-year-old driver has been charged with multiple driving offences, including dangerous driving, negligent driving occasioning bodily harm, and causing bodily harm by misconduct. His P1 Provisional licence has been suspended, and the vehicle has been seized for forensic examination.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Newcastle's joy tempered by heartache on NRL grand final day after car crash",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/newcastles-joy-tempered-by-heartache-on-nrl-grand-final-day-after-car",
        "published": "2026-10-03T19:10:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Driver to face court over Newcastle crowd crash",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/driver-to-face-court-over-newcastle-crowd-crash-11766603",
        "published": "2026-10-03T20:30:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Police offer update on Newcastle crash",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/police-offer-update-on-newcastle-crash",
        "published": "2026-10-03T20:57:09.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}