{
  "id": 11766603,
  "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",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-03T20:30:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
    "slug": "the-age",
    "url": "https://www.theage.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 to face 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 it left for the NRL Grand Final in Sydney.\n\nTen people were injured in the crash, which happened at a roundabout on Newcastle Link Road in Newcastle's west, around 9:30am. According to Hunter New England Health, one patient 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. Two other teenagers in the vehicle were unharmed.",
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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 Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Driver to face court over Newcastle crowd crash",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/driver-to-face-court-over-newcastle-crowd-crash",
        "published": "2026-10-03T20:30:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Police offer update on Newcastle crash",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/police-offer-update-on-newcastle-crash-11773453",
        "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."
}