Police investigating whether driver’s diabetes a factor in Daylesford pub crash that killed five

Detective tells coronial hearing that investigation still in its ‘infancy’ and no charges have been laid

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Victoria police are investigating whether a driver’s diabetes was a factor in the fatal Daylesford pub crash that left five people dead, the coroner’s court has heard.

The driver of a white BMW SUV crashed through a busy beer garden in the regional town of Daylesford on 5 November, striking 10 people from three Melbourne families.

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