Flinders Street pedestrians run over

I was on platform 1 (hurstbridge line) and did see this car speed past through an entrance. I hope people are not too badly injured.

ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā–  hell! Just texting mates who work in the CBD. All shook up but so far safe. Madnessā€¦

Crazy.

ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā–  scumbags

an Indian or Asian driver and not a terrorist act?

Yeah, Iā€™m sure itā€™s your typically ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā–  Asian driver :roll_eyes:

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Sounds like he might have had a heart attack, they pulled him from the car unconscious.

or maybe not

From what Iā€™ve read and seenā€¦Iā€™m gonna assume the worst and apologise later if Iā€™m wrong.

Two men arrested, according to HS. Make of that what we will.

Four or five years ago, I used that intersection every day.

The big danger to pedestrians was cyclists riding straight through red lights.

It happens so frequently that I assume itā€™s legal.

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Police have confirmed it was a deliberate act.

Two relatives arrested.

No known motivations at this stage, butā€¦ well, Iā€™ll let you finish the thought.

What the ā– ā– ā– ā–  is an SUV?

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I was hoping it was an accident or possibly something like a heart attack. This is a terribly worrying trend.

Went to flinders street 5 minutes after it happened. At the time police were just starting to block off the road and l was more concerned they wouldnā€™t let me cross the road to catch my train, but quickly realised something major had occurred. Every time l cross that road l canā€™t help thinking its only a matter of time before something happens again.

Yeah, donā€™t think you travel that far if the car is ā€œout of controlā€. Unfortunately.

(The ā€˜tragedy/terror pornā€™ angle the media pursue is a pretty disappointing element of this trend as wellā€¦)

I was on the platform when this occurred. The car that appeared to be the psycho didnā€™t raise suspicions with me - it flashed past. However the black police car revving at high speed did. I didnā€™t see any impacts as it was out of my view.
I had no idea what occurred but there was a fairly stressed lady on the train saying her foot was brushed.
The picture of the suspect in the age showed a guy looking roughly like the English spinner on tour. Iā€™m only commenting on appearance and have no info of motive or nationality.

Fair chance we know the motives. Wonder if the media will report it

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I havenā€™t caught up with any of the details yet so the only report I heard was car hit pedestrians at the crn of Flinders & Liz & initially at least they didnā€™t give any indication it was deliberate or if it was terrorism.

Already about 10 phone videos from random people up on the HS. Havenā€™t looked at the other papers.

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