The 26-year-old driver of a white Toyota sedan was swiftly arrested after the mayhem broke out on the Russell Street and Swanston Street intersections on Bourke Street simply after 6pm.
Three pedestrians, a 26-year-old man from Yarra South, a 23-year-old lady from China and a 35-year-old lady from Docklands, have been struck by the Toyota at a tram cease on Swanston Street.
The Toyota then continued on and crashed right into a Hyundai and a Mazda.
Melbourne resident Joey Tam witnessed the collision as she was leaving her office on Bourke Street.
“I heard a lot of people screaming, […] I saw a body fly up and hit the ground,” she advised Weekend Today hosts Jayne Azzopardi and Clint Stanaway.
“I felt really helpless at the time because this has happened again, and you can’t stop someone doing something silly on the streets.”
“I feel unsafe as someone who works on Boukre Street, I cross that road every day.”
The 76-year-old driver of the Hyundai was killed while two folks within the Mazda, which is believed to have been an Uber, have been taken to hospital.
Two law enforcement officials who have been close by arrested the Toyota driver.
Dunstan stated there was nothing to recommend any terror hyperlinks. The driver has been taken to hospital for therapy below police guard. He was additionally topic to a psychological well being evaluation.
“There is no ongoing threat to the community, and we will provide more information when available,” Victoria Police stated in an earlier assertion.
“Police have closed Bourke Street from Swanston Street through to Exhibition Street.”
Shocked witnesses rapidly assisted these injured after the crash.
Earlier, Ambulance Victoria stated there had been 5 folks injured; one was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in a severe situation, two to the Alfred in a steady situation, and one to St Vincent’s in a steady situation.
Tam additionally witnessed the 2017 assault on Bourke Street Mall, which killed six and left 37 others injured when now-convicted assassin James Gargasoulas ran over dozens of pedestrians.
Source: www.9news.com.au
