No bail for P-plater over Newcastle crash that left five-year-old in induced coma and injured nine other NRL fans

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An 18-year-old provisional driver, Indika Bambrick Samarasinghe, has been denied bail after a car allegedly struck a crowd of Newcastle Knights supporters in Newcastle. Ten people were injured, including a five-year-old child who was placed in an induced coma, and the driver faces dangerous-driving charges.

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