Driver faces eight more charges after crash injures ten Newcastle fans
Indika Bambrick Samarasinghe, 18, has been charged with eight further offences over a car crash that injured a crowd of Newcastle Knights fans in Wallsend. The new charges bring the P-plate driver’s alleged offences to 17, and he is due to appear in Newcastle Local Court on Thursday.
Police allege Samarasinghe lost control of his BMW on 3 October as fans gathered to farewell the team before the NRL grand final. Ten people, including children, were injured; a five-year-old girl and a 67-year-old man were critically hurt and have since been reported as stable. Samarasinghe has not entered pleas and is on bail with conditions including a driving ban, daily police reporting and a nightly curfew.
- Eight new charges bring the teenager’s total to 17.
- Ten people were injured in the Wallsend crash.
- He is due in Newcastle Local Court on Thursday.
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On 3 October, a car crashed into a group of people gathered in Wallsend to farewell the Newcastle Knights, a professional rugby league team, before the NRL grand final. Ten people were injured, including a five-year-old girl and a 67-year-old man who sustained critical injuries now reported as stable.
An 18-year-old named Indika Bambrick Samarasinghe was driving the BMW that crashed into the crowd. Police allege he lost control of the vehicle. Samarasinghe is facing criminal charges and is on bail with conditions including a driving ban, daily police reporting and a nightly curfew.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “P-plater who allegedly ploughed into dozens of Newcastle Knights NRL fans charged with more offences”.