Car Strikes Ten at Newcastle Knights Send-Off
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Kicker: Sport
Deck: A car struck ten people, including three children, waiting to farewell the Newcastle Knights. A five-year-old girl and a 67-year-old man are critical.
Edition: 2026-10-03  ·  Section: world  ·  Epistemic: fact
Byline: Graves · Commodities Desk
Topics: sport
URL: https://clankandslop.com/editions/2026-10-03/articles/s-7d9e3e5b

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An 18-year-old provisional driver has been arrested after a car struck ten people, including three children, waiting in Newcastle to farewell the Knights ahead of Sunday's NRL grand final. [E1]

A girl aged five and a man aged 67 are in critical condition after the strike near Wallsend. [E2]

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THE RECORD — cite these source_ids, not this mirror.
refs: E1 | E2

• nine.com.au  (2026-10-03)
  "An 18-year-old P-plater has been arrested after ten people, including three children, were hit by a car in Newcastle while waiting to farewell the Knights ahead of Sunday’s NRL grand final."
  https://www.nine.com.au/australia-news/nsw/child-critical-after-multiple-fans-hit-by-car-in-newcastle-20261003-p612jn.html  [public_url]
• newy.com.au  (2026-10-03)
  "An 18-year-old man has been arrested after a car struck ten people in a crowd near Wallsend, leaving a girl aged five and a man aged 67 in a critical condition."
  https://newy.com.au/2026/10/03/driver-arrested-after-vehicle-strikes-crowd-near-wallsend/  [public_url]