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Tara Cosoleto and William Ton

Diabetic driver in deadly pub crash 'needed treatment'

The Daylesford community is mourning the deaths of five people in a horror crash. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

A driver who ploughed through a roadside beer garden in regional Victoria, killing five people, is an insulin-dependent diabetic who required immediate treatment at the scene, his lawyer says.

Three groups of people were sitting outside the Royal Daylesford Hotel on Sunday when a BMW SUV mounted the kerb and hit patrons.

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