{
  "id": 11773453,
  "title": "Police offer update on Newcastle crash",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/police-offer-update-on-newcastle-crash-11773453",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-03T20:57:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
    "slug": "the-age",
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/national/police-offer-update-on-newcastle-crash-20261004-p612mq.html?ref=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A car crashed into a crowd of Newcastle Knights fans in Newcastle, injuring 10 people, on the morning of the NRL grand final day. The incident occurred when a car allegedly driven erratically hit supporters lining the streets to see off the Knights players as they left for Sydney.\n\nThe 18-year-old driver, Indika Bambrick Samarasinghe, has been charged with multiple driving offences, including dangerous driving, negligent driving occasioning bodily harm, and causing bodily harm by misconduct. According to ABC News AU, his P1 Provisional licence has been suspended and the vehicle has been seized for forensic examination.\n\nThe conditions of those most seriously injured are improving, with a five-year-old girl remaining in a critical but stable condition, as reported by The Sydney Morning Herald and ABC News AU. Hunter New England Health confirmed that one patient remained in a critical condition in hospital, and three others had been discharged.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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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": "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"
      }
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  },
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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."
}