The lawyer of the 66-year-old driver who crashed into a busy Victorian country pub, killing five members of two young families, has shared what happened that night.
An out of control BMW X5, driven by the 66-year-old Mt Macedon man, crashed into the beer garden of the Royal Hotel at Daylesford at about 6.05pm on Sunday.
Witnesses at the scene claimed the driver appeared to have suffered a medical episode with his eyes ‘glazed over’.
Tests found the driver did not have drugs or alcohol his system.
On Wednesday, the man’s lawyer confirmed the horror incident was triggered by a medical episode and is still in hospital.
The driver of an out of control BMW X5 that slammed into a busy country pub in Daylesford is still in hospital
‘The lawyer of the 66 year old driver says his client is an insulin dependent diabetic and required immediate treatment by paramedics at the scene,’ Nine reporter Gillian Lantouris wrote.
‘He is deeply distressed. He has been interviewed by detectives and remains in hospital.’
The Daylesford pub, about 90 minutes’ drive northwest of Melbourne, was packed with hundreds of customers in the hours before the crash due to the unofficial long weekend before Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup public holiday.
Police confirmed four victims died at the scene and one in hospital in the hours after the crash. Several people were injured.
Among the dead was a boy, believed to be aged six, and a teenage girl.
A man and a woman in their 30s and a woman aged in her 40s were also killed.
A second six-year-old boy broke both his legs and was left fighting for life, but has since recovered, and is in a stable condition.
Two men, aged 43 and 38 years old, a 35-year-old woman and an 11-month old baby boy were injured in the crash and are also believed to be in a stable condition.
Police said the victims belonged to two families that knew each other and were not locals, but visitors who were ‘just going about their everyday life… on a beautiful sunny afternoon’.
More to come.
The driver’s lawyer said he suffered a diabetic episode that triggered the crash, which killed five people