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A suspected hoon driver was bashed by onlookers after he allegedly lost control of a burnout at an illegal street meet and injured six people including two young children.
The young children were seriously hurt and another four onlookers injured after the burnout gone wrong at a gathering at Abermain, west of Newcastle in the NSW Hunter Valley, just after midnight on Sunday.
The 18-year-old P-Plater driver lost control while performing the burnout in front of a crowd and smashed into a parked vehicle which then struck seven onlookers, including a five-year-old and a six-year-old.
Witnesses said the driver of the car was allegedly travelling at approximately 100 km/h when he attempted a burnout and handbrake turn, before he lost control of the vehicle.
The children were treated by paramedics at the scene and rushed to hospital with serious injuries.
Other witnesses claim the family with the two young children were homeless or parked at the secluded industrial zone to sleep for the night.
Witnesses say at least two of the injured were airlifted to hospital from the notorious hoon sector locals refer to as ‘Hez’.
Seven people have been rushed to hospital after a teenage driver doing burnouts allegedly crashed into a parked car near Cessnock in NSW
It has been reported the driver, an 18-year-old man, suffered serious injuries after he was bashed by bystanders.
The suspected hoon was taken to hospital for further assessment, where he remains under police guard.
A crime scene has been established and the Crash Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances that led to the crash
The driver remains in hospital under police guard with serious injuries.
A crime scene has been established and the Crash Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances that led to the crash.
Locals took to social media after helicopters were spotted scouring the Abermain area.
