A learner driver with no licence has been charged after a person was killed and one other was critically damage exterior a comic book conference in Melbourne.
The driving force of a Toyota Echo allegedly swerved into a bunch of individuals exterior the Showgrounds simply after 5pm final night time, hitting two males of their early 20s.
One man from Keysborough within the metropolis’s south-west died on the scene.
The second man was taken to hospital with vital decrease limb accidents, and is preventing for all times.
A 3rd individual within the group was not hit, however has been taken to hospital for shock.
It’s understood the trio had been on the Supernova Comedian Con and Gaming occasion.
Police say the Toyota continued alongside the footpath, earlier than a feminine off-duty police officer and member of the general public intervened and carried out a citizen’s arrest.
The alleged driver, 33-year-old man man from Werribee has been charged with harmful driving inflicting dying and culpable driving.
He was unlicensed and a learner driver.
He was resulting from seem earlier than Melbourne Magistrates’ Courtroom this afternoon.
Organisers issued an announcement on Saturday night time, saying they have been “deeply saddened and distressed by the incident” however vowed to proceed the weekend-long conference as deliberate, together with a second to honour the victims.
“Supanova will proceed to assist all Supa-Followers that come by way of our doorways tomorrow morning, and we will likely be holding a minute’s silence in sympathy and solidarity of the affected households and pals at 10am earlier than opening our doorways to our occasion,” they mentioned within the assertion.
“They’re tragic, tragic circumstances,” Detective Inspector Craig McEvoy mentioned.
”We’re nonetheless but to find out if medicine, alcohol, or pace have been concerned”, he added, noting the circumstances have been “extraordinarily uncommon”.
“The automobile has travelled a big distance alongside the footpath, we’ll attempt to perceive the causation of what is precipitated the motive force to journey that distance alongside the footpath.”
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