Ten injured, five-year-old critical after car hits NRL fans in Newcastle

<p>Ten people have been injured, two of them critically, after a vehicle hit a crowd on the route of the Newcastle Knights' grand final procession in New South Wales.</p> <p>Emergency services were called to Newcastle Link Road, at the Transfield Drive roundabout near the suburb of Wallsend, about 9.30am local time (12.30pm NZT) after reports a vehicle had struck multiple people in a crowd.</p> <p>A five-year-old girl and a 67-year-old man remain in a critical condition, NSW Police said in an updated statement.</p> <p>The other eight injured are in a stable condition. They are another five-year-old girl, a two-year-old girl, a 31-year-old woman, a 48-year-old man, a 24-year-old man, a 63-year-old woman, a 25-year-old man and a 57-year-old man.</p> <p>NSW Police said in a statement that the driver "was arrested at the scene".