Teen driver charged for alleged crashing into crowd in Australia’s Newcastle-Xinhua
SYDNEY, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- The alleged teen driver of the car, which plowed into a crowd in the Australian city of Newcastle, 110 km north of Sydney, on Saturday morning, has been charged, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported. Indika Bambrick Samarasinghe, 18, has been charged with three instances of dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm, three instances of negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm and three instances of causing bodily harm by misconduct, according to court documents viewed by the ABC. Samarasinghe will appear in Newcastle Bail Court on Sunday, the ABC said. The assistant commissioner of police in the Australian state of New South Wales, David Waddell, told reporters on Saturday afternoon that a car was driving erratically befo...