UPDATE: Driver arrested after car hits crowd in Australia's Newcastle

A fire truck drives towards a crash site as a police vehicle blocks a road in Wallsend, News South Wales, on October 3, 2026, after a car drove into a crowd. - Reuters

SYDNEY: A driver has been arrested after a car crashed into a crowd in the Australian city of Newcastle, north of Sydney, on Saturday morning (Oct 3), injuring ten people including children.

A police statement said that emergency services were called to reports that a vehicle had struck people in a crowd in Newcastle, 110 km north of Sydney, around 9:30 a.m. local time on Saturday, with multiple people injured and a large emergency response underway.

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2026年10月3日，在新南威尔士州沃尔森德，一辆消防车驶向事故现场，一辆警车封锁了道路。此前，一辆汽车冲入人群。——路透社

悉尼：周六（10 月 3 日）上午，一辆汽车在悉尼以北的澳大利亚城市纽卡斯尔冲入人群，造成包括儿童在内的 10 人受伤，肇事司机已被逮捕。

警方声明称，周六上午9点30分左右，紧急救援部门接到报告称，在悉尼以北110公里的纽卡斯尔，一辆汽车撞向人群，造成多人受伤，目前正在进行大规模紧急救援。

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