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Indika Bambrick Samarasinghe, an 18-year-old driver from Sydney, has been charged with eight additional offenses after a crash in Newcastle that injured ten people supporting the Newcastle Knights rugby league team. The new charges include six counts of causing grievous bodily harm by misconduct and one each for dangerous and negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm. Samarasinghe is now facing 17 total charges following the October incident where he allegedly drove his BMW into a crowd, injuring a five-year-old girl severely and another man who remains hospitalized.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-13,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On Saturday morning at about 9:30am, a car drove into a crowd of Newcastle Knights fans in Newcastle, injuring multiple people. The incident occurred on Newcastle Link Road near Wallsend as the fans had gathered to send off their team for the NRL Grand Final. More than 10 ambulances and three helicopters were dispatched to treat those injured at the scene. The driver of the car was arrested, and nine people are known to have been taken to John Hunter Hospital. Newcastle Mayor Gavin Morris confirmed that several people, including children, were critically injured. Emergency services closed Newcastle Link Road in both directions to facilitate response efforts and clear roadways for traffic management.
Written for “Car Crash Injures Fans Newcastle” on 2026-10-13,
grounded in this article and the 40 other(s) covering the same event.
The 18-year-old driver who allegedly drove into a group of Newcastle Knights supporters, injuring 10 of them, has been charged with an additional eight offences.
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Indika Bambrick Samarasinghe was on Tuesday charged with an additional six counts of causing grievous bodily harm by misconduct, one count of dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm, and one count of negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm.
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He has now been charged with a total of 17 offences.
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Ten people were injured on October 3 after Samarasinghe allegedly drove his BMW convertible into a group of Knights fans lining a Newcastle street to wave the players off to the NRL grand final.
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A five-year-old girl and a 67-year-old known as Dave “the Barber” Martin were among the injured.
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The girl’s family reported on an online fundraising site that she was in an induced coma and underwent multiple operations, with her mother also seriously injured.
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Martin and another male patient remain in John Hunter Hospital in a stable condition.
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Martin’s family posted on social media on Tuesday that he is still in hospital, with family seeking assistance to have him transported to his daughter’s wedding over the weekend.
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Footage posted to social media showed the BMW careering around the roundabout moments before the crash, as onlookers screamed.
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Police confirmed they would investigate reports the P-plater had been “driving erratically” before he lost control of the vehicle.
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Samarasinghe was granted bail last week to his family’s multimillion-dollar home in Sydney’s eastern suburbs under the care of his mother.
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He must report to police daily and is subject to an 8pm curfew.
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He is barred from driving, sitting in the passenger’s seat of a car, and going within 20 kilometres of Newcastle.
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Samarasinghe’s driver’s licence had been suspended in February 2026, which he unsuccessfully appealed in April 2026.
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He will next face Newcastle Local Court on Thursday, where he is to appear via video link.
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