A festive send-off for the Newcastle Knights rugby team turned to chaos when a vehicle struck a crowd of supporters, injuring ten people.

A multicar collision on Suitland Parkway sent 10 people to the hospital, requiring first responders to rescue trapped occupants and airlift one person.

A head-on collision on the M9 involving a stolen BMW driven the wrong way by five teenagers left all five dead and four family members hospitalized.