A man who allegedly drove a car into several people before causing a deadly crash in Melbourne’s central business district has been charged with murder.
26-year-old Melton West man, Zain Khan, allegedly drove his white Toyota sedan through three pedestrians at a tram stop near the Bourke Street and Swanston Street intersection on Friday night.
It is further alleged he then caused a three-car collision at the corner of Bourke Street and Russell Street about 6.20pm.
A 76-year-old man driving a Hyundai car died during the collision while two people inside a Mazda — which was an Uber — suffered minor injuries.
All three people who were struck by the car suffered minor injuries.
On Saturday police said they had handed Mr Khan nine charges over the deadly incident.
Victorian police charged him with one count of murder, three counts of attempted murder, three counts of intentionally causing serious injury and two counts of endangering life.
During a press conference on Friday evening, Superintendent Zorka Dunstan said the incident is not suspected to be linked to a terrorist organisation.
“We understand it’s a person with mental health issues,” she said.
Police say that once the man’s vehicle came to a stop, he sat on top of his wrecked Toyota before he was arrested a short time…
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