Newcastle, NSW

Two critically injured after car ploughs into crowd of Newcastle Knights supporters

ABC News

3 Oct 2026 10:23 AEST Summary

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Changed after publishing · 2 edits

3 Oct 2026 12:32 AEST the headline was changed: ~~Multiple people~~ Two critically injured as after car ~~hits~~ ploughs into crowd ~~at Knights pre-grand final farewell in~~ of Newcastle Knights supporters
3 Oct 2026 11:46 AEST the headline was changed: ~~Breaking:~~ Multiple ~~injuries after~~ people injured as car hits crowd of at Knights ~~supporters~~ pre-grand final farewell in Newcastle

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From the report

NSW Ambulance has confirmed several people have been injured as a result of a car hitting a crowd of people in Newcastle this morning.

How outlets headlined it

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ABC News Two critically injured after car ploughs into crowd of Newcastle Knights supporters plain
7NEWS Multiple people, including children, injured as car crashes into NRL fans in Newcastle plain
WAtoday Multiple injured after being hit by car in Newcastle plain
WAtoday Multiple people injured after car crashes into Newcastle Knights fans plain
The West Australian Newcastle Knights grand final farewell crash: Chris Minns speaks out as children among fans injured plain

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How it is written

Niral Score 5.6 · calm mundaneloaded

10 more readings adjectives, repeated words, sentiment, sourcing and 1 more and 5 at zero

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people4crowd3police3scene3arrested2car2driver2injured2supporters2team2

Sentiment -0.1 hostilefavourable Sourcing 67 unattributednamed sources Mood 38.2 sorrowjoyful

5 read zero: political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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How each outlet filed it

Also covered by WAtoday, The Age, The West Australian, The Sydney Morning Herald. We hold only their summary of it, not the report, so there is nothing of theirs to measure here.

Outlet	Niral Score	Adjectives	Sourcing	Sentiment	Happiness
ABC Newsas they published this story	5.6	0	67	-0.1	38.2
7NEWS	5.3	1	84	-0.3	33.9

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The same event elsewhere

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7NEWS Multiple people, including children, injured as car crashes into NRL fans in Newcastle Niral 5.3 · calm political 0 WAtoday Multiple injured after being hit by car in Newcastle Niral 4.1 · calm political 0 WAtoday Multiple people injured after car crashes into Newcastle Knights fans Niral 4.2 · calm political 0 The Age Multiple people injured after car crashes into Newcastle Knights fans Niral 4.2 · calm political 0 The Age Multiple injured after being hit by car in Newcastle Niral 4.1 · calm political 0 The West Australian Newcastle Knights grand final farewell crash: Chris Minns speaks out as children among fans injured Niral 9 · calm political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Multiple people injured after car crashes into Newcastle Knights fans Niral 4.2 · calm political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Multiple injured after being hit by car in Newcastle Niral 4.1 · calm political 0