Overview
- The crash occurred about 6:15pm at the Walcha showground during the two-day motorcycle rally.
- Two men — a 54-year-old with spinal injuries and a man in his 30s with head injuries — were airlifted in critical condition to John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle.
- Eleven other people aged roughly 20 to 75 were taken to hospitals in Walcha, Armidale and Tamworth, with six described as serious.
- Witnesses told police the 27-year-old driver had crashed moments earlier on the show ring before the vehicle went through the fence into spectators.
- Bystanders provided first aid as paramedics, police, fire and SES responded, and a local MP publicly thanked them for their swift work.