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10 injured after car crashes into crowd of rugby fans in Australia; driver arrested

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Two people, a 5-year-old girl and a 67-year-old man, were in critical condition.

Ten people were injured, including two critically, in Australia on Saturday after a car crashed into a crowd of rugby fans lining the streets to send off their team, in what officials called a "horrific" incident.

It happened about 9:30 a.m. Saturday local time in Newcastle, about 100 miles north of Sydney, as crowds of thousands of people were lining the street to see off the Newcastle Knights' rugby team, which was headed to Sydney for the grand final later Saturday, officials said.

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