A 38-year-old Brazilian man has been remanded in custody after allegedly ploughing his automotive into a gaggle of pedestrians on Saturday night time.
Guilherme Dal Bo confronted Maroochydore Magistrates Court by videolink on eight counts of tried homicide on Monday.
His case was adjourned till Friday pending a doable improve to one of many fees.
A 24-year-old girl is combating for her life in Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital after the horrific incident on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.
Police allege the person grew to become concerned in a minor verbal altercation with a gaggle of male pedestrians in Maroochydore whereas driving a white Toyota Yaris.
Dal Bo is then alleged to have pushed on, earlier than circling again and mounting a kerb, hitting two girls and 6 males head-on.
Three males had been critically injured.
Police imagine the 2 girls had been unknown to the lads.
Detective Acting Inspector Peter Hocken mentioned on Sunday the ladies had been unaware of the sooner interplay between the lads and “simply occurred to be strolling the sidewalk at the moment”.
He mentioned the lads had moved on and had been minding their enterprise after they noticed the car come again.
“Most cheap individuals drive house and go to mattress,” Hocken mentioned.
Police alleged the motive force then fled the scene, dumping his automotive close to his unit.
Dal Bo, a vacationer from Brazil who additionally has Italian and Australian nationality, spoke little in his transient look earlier than appearing Justice of the Peace Maxine Baldwin.
AAP
Get alerts on vital breaking information as occurs. Sign up for our Breaking News Alert.
