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P-plate driver expected to be charged after car plowed into NRL fans in Newcastle

7NEWS
Summary

Police believe the 18-year-old P-plater was behind the wheel of a convertible when it crashed at a roundabout on Newcastle Link Rd in Wallsend about 9.30am on Saturday.

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