Around 04:30 today (December 21, 2017), there was another car crash in Melbourne`s urban area. A man drove a white Suzuki Vitra (Vitara) over the busy intersection of (Flinders Street) on Flinds Street and (Elizabeth Street) on Elizabeth Street, injuring at least 15 people, seven of them in need of hospital treatment. Including a child. Among them, the child was taken to the Royal Melbourne Children`s Hospital (Royal Children's Hospital), where the other six were taken to Alfred`s Hospital, (Alfred Hospital).
At least 12 people were injured in the incident.
Authorities deployed heavy-duty police after the incident, a man was detained and emergency workers arrived at the scene, the Australian newspaper reported. Injuries to the hospital included a preschool child who suffered head injuries and was in critical condition.
Witnesses say a white car rushed into pedestrians without warning. Sue (Sue), who works at a nearby doughnut store, said: "the noise can be heard on (Swanston Street) side of Swanston Street."
"We saw this white car approaching the crossroads," she told Radio 3AW. Knocked a man over. People were crying and running away. "
There was chaos at the scene of the incident. (photo by Australian newspaper)
The front of the vehicle was seriously damaged. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation Photo)
Sue also said that the car may have hit something in the middle of the road, when the tram also stopped in the middle of the road, and then the car rushed to the left of the road and stopped. She felt the driver did not hit the brakes in the process and "knocked everyone down at the crossroads."
The state police announced around 5 p. M. This afternoon that they had arrested the driver of the vehicle.
In January, six people were killed and at least 30 injured in a nationwide car crash in (Bourke Street), just one street from downtown Melbourne.
