Five-year-old girl and man, 67, in critical condition after car hits crowd in Newcastle

Driver arrested at the scene after vehicle strikes multiple people in a crowd, leaving 10 injured including three children

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Ten people have been injured, two critically, after a car crashed into a crowd of people in Newcastle waiting to farewell the Knights team bus before the NRL grand final.

New South Wales police said a five-year-old girl and a 67-year-old man were in a critical condition, with eight others in a stable condition after the crash on Saturday morning.