Charges Filed After Horrific Car Crash Claims Five Lives in Australia
Melbourne, Dec 11: In Australia, an elderly driver faces charges for a tragic car crash in Victoria last month that claimed five lives and injured several.
The 66-year-old driver, William Swale, plowed his SUV into the Royal Daylesford Hotel’s beer garden, striking 10 people celebrating on November 5.
The Victoria Police’s Major Collision Investigation Unit charged Swale with five counts of culpable driving causing death, two counts of negligently causing serious injury, and seven counts of reckless conduct endangering life.
Charges Filed After Horrific Car Crash Claims Five Lives in AustraliaThe victims, including children, were enjoying their weekend when the incident occurred. Swale appeared in court on Monday. The police clarified that Swale, an insulin-dependent diabetic, tested negative for alcohol after the collision. Despite this tragedy, Swale, described as a family man with no criminal history, deeply empathizes with the victims’ families and the Daylesford community, according to his lawyer.
