At a 3pm press conference police said there had three deaths from the Bourke Street incident and 20 people had injured.They are not treating the incident as terror-related and warned people to stay out of the CBD.
One person was killed and several others seriously injured after a car plowed into pedestrians in Australia's second-largest city on Friday, prompting a major police operation as officials told the public to stay away from the area.A man driving the vehicle struck "a number of pedestrians" on Bourke Street, a main road running through downtown Melbourne, Victoria state police said in a statement. A man was arrested after the incident, police said. They did not immediately release other details and said they are still trying to determine what happened.At least one person was killed, police said. Paramedics were assessing 20 people at the scene, several of whom had serious injuries, Ambulance Victoria said in a statement."The exact circumstances surrounding the incident are yet to be determined, and we will provide further information when it comes to hand," police said in a statement.
This is what we know about the victims:Three people have been killed.Four children are being treated at the Royal Children’s hospital. One is critical and two are in a serious condition.Five patients were admitted to the Alfred, with three in a critical but stable condition and two in a serious condition.Ten people are being treated at the Royal Melbourne hospital, which is not releasing the condition of patients yet.Melbourne hospitals are reportedly in code brown, which notes an external emergency with multiple casualties that overwhelm available resources.
inb4butthecrusades
Your right we need another one
dear CIA:stop
> Australia> Shot's firedwell looks like their anti-gun laws are working out for them.
