Driver in Newcastle crowd crash faces eight additional charges

Key points

• Police have charged Indika Bambrick Samarasinghe with eight additional offences over a crash involving a crowd of people farewelling the Newcastle Knights. The 18-year-old is accused of driving a BMW that struck the crowd on 3 October, injuring 10 people, including a five-year-old girl.
• He has not yet entered pleas. Samarasinghe was released on bail on Friday after six nights on remand.
• His conditions include a nightly curfew, a ban on driving, daily reporting to police and a bar on entering the Newcastle area except for court. He will return to court on 15 October.