# No bail for P-plater over Newcastle crash that injured 10 Knights fans

https://mins.news/en/item/85065

- The Guardian, 2026-10-04 03:29 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/04/no-bail-for-p-plater-over-newcastle-crash-that-left-five-year-old-in-induced-coma-and-injured-nine-other-nrl-fans-ntwnfb

> Eighteen-year-old P-plater Indika Bambrick Samarasinghe has been refused bail after allegedly driving into a crowd of Newcastle Knights supporters, injuring 10 people. Six remain in hospital, including a five-year-old girl whose condition has stabilised after she was placed in an induced coma.

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