Five people – including two children – who were killed after a car crashed into the beer garden of a pub in Daylesford in rural Victoria were members of two “family groups” who were visiting the area, police say, Ednews informs referring to The Guardian.
Just after 6pm on Sunday, a white BMW SUV mounted the kerb and hit patrons on the front lawn of the Royal Daylesford hotel, police said.
The Victorian chief police commissioner, Shane Patton, on Monday said four victims died at the scene. The victims include two men, believed to be aged in their 30s, a woman believed to be aged in her 40s, and a boy.
A female child, reportedly a teenager, was flown to the Alfred hospital in Melbourne where she later died on Sunday evening.
The victims are yet to be formally identified.
Five people were taken to hospital with a range of injuries, including a boy, believed to be aged 6, who is in a stable condition at the Royal Children’s hospital. Police said a 35-year-old woman is in a serious condition in the intensive care unit at the Royal Melbourne hospital.
A 43-year-old woman and a 38-year-old man, flown to Royal Melbourne hospital, are understood to be stable, Patton said. An 11-month-old baby was flown to Ballarat Base hospital and is also in a stable condition.
The driver of the BMW, a 66-year-old man from Mount Macedon, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The driver was breath tested and did not have alcohol in his system, Patton said. The driver’s blood tests will also be analysed.
Police from the major collision investigation unit are expected to interview the man on Monday afternoon.
Patton said it was too early to determine if speed was a factor in the fatal crash.