Police allege William Swale drove SUV into families having lunch outside Royal Daylesford Hotel, killing two children and three adults
William Swale arrives at the Ballarat magistrates court. Police allege the diabetic ignored warnings about his blood glucose levels before a hypoglycaemic episode while driving.William Swale arrives at the Ballarat magistrates court. Police allege the diabetic ignored warnings about his blood glucose levels before a hypoglycaemic episode while driving.
Pratibha Sharma, 44, her daughter Anvi, 9, and partner Jatin Kumar, 30, and their friend Vivek Bhatia, 38, and his son Vihaan, 11, all died. He ran to where Swale was sitting in his car behind the wheel, and said in his police statement tendered to court that he found him looking “bloody awful” and it “looked like he was wasted”.
Body-worn camera footage recorded other emergency workers telling Swale to “stay with me” amid fears he was gravely ill, Swale’s barrister Dermot Dann KC, told the court.
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