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.
Victoria Police confirmed four people were killed at the scene of the crash and another in hospital in the hours after. Several more were injured.
One woman described to Daily Mail Australia the horror of seeing the car barrelling towards the busy pub.
‘It was just an explosion. There were bodies everywhere,’ she said.
Police confirmed those killed in the crash were from two families who were friends and visiting the region.
Young boy Vihaan Bhatia, 11, was killed alongside his father Vivek, 38, and family friends Pratibha Sharma, 44, and Jatin Chugh, 30, as well as Ms Sharma’s daughter Anvi, nine.
Vihaan’s mother, Ruchi Bhatia, remains in intensive care at the Royal Melbourne Hospital while his brother, Abeer, is being treated for internal injuries at the Royal Children’s Hospital.
A six-year-old boy was severely injured in the crash with both his legs broken. He is now 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 also injured in the crash and are believed to be in a stable condition.
More to come.
The driver’s lawyer said he suffered a diabetic episode that triggered the crash, which killed five people
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