SYDNEY, Nov 6 (NNN-AAP) – Five patrons died, in the Australian state of Victoria, after a car smashed into the beer garden of a pub yesterday.
In the latest update, Victoria Police said that, just after about 6:00 p.m. local time, a BMW SUV mounted the curb and struck a number of customers, on the front lawn area of a licensed premises on Vincent Street in Daylesford, a popular tourist location about 110 km north-west of Melbourne.
As a result of the crash, four people, two men, a woman and a boy, were confirmed deceased at the scene, while a teenage girl later died in hospital.
Besides, a male child was flown to hospital with critical injuries, with a man, a woman, and another boy sustaining non-life-threatening injuries.
Police noted that all the victims are yet to be formally identified.
The driver of the vehicle is a 66-year-old man, who is currently remaining in hospital, with non-life-threatening injuries.
“Any time you have five people die at a particular scene. It’s terrible. It’s absolutely horrible,” Victoria Police Superintendent, John Fitzpatrick said. at a press conference last night.
Police were still working to piece together the exact circumstances surrounding the collision.– NNN-AAP
