Ten injured after car drives into crowd of rugby fans in Australia | ITV News

At least ten people were injured after a car drove into a crowd of rugby fans north of Sydney, Australia, on Saturday, 3 October 2026, at approximately 9:30am local time. The crowd had gathered to cheer on the Newcastle Knights rugby team when an 18-year-old driver struck the pedestrians; a five-year-old girl and a 67-year-old man were left in critical condition, while a two-year-old child was among the eight others in a stable condition. Police arrested the driver and stated the incident was not believed to be terror-related.