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Car Rams Into Crowd in Australia, Nearly 20 Injured

by Associated Press

   SYDNEY --

   Nineteen people have been injured after a car drove into pedestrians on
   a sidewalk in central Melbourne, according to Australian media.
   Police have arrested the driver of the white SUV, which crashed into a
   cable car stop, but were not able to immediately confirm the cause of
   the incident or whether it was terrorism-related.
   Media reports say up to 19 pedestrians have been treated for injuries,
   with 12 taken to hospitals, including a pre-school aged child in
   serious condition with head injuries.