{"id":934013,"date":"2026-10-19T18:08:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T18:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/934013\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T18:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T18:08:13","slug":"afl-2026-st-kildas-charlie-banfield-accidentally-runs-over-friend-with-a-car-during-camping-trip-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/934013\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL 2026: St Kilda\u2019s Charlie Banfield accidentally runs over friend with a car during camping trip, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>St Kilda\u2019s Charlie Banfield \u201caccidentally ran over his close friend with a car\u201d, according to the ABC, with the club confirming the incident took place.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple reports state the 19-year-old struck his friend at a rural property in Yallingup, in WA\u2019s south-west.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every match of AFLW LIVE and ad-break free during play on FOX FOOTY, <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/afl?extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkafl-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-afl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra\" title=\"kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">available on Kayo Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792433293_326_poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WHAT&#8217;S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? 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For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-10-19\/st-kilda-player-charlie-banfield-friend-injured-in-car-accident\/107283320?utm_source=abc_news_app&amp;utm_medium=content_shared&amp;utm_campaign=abc_news_app&amp;utm_content=link\" title=\"www.abc.net.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The ABC reported<\/a> the victim was hospitalised with broken bones but emergency services were not called to the scene, claiming the incident happened at a party.<\/p>\n<p>However <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldsun.com.au\/sport\/afl\/purely-accidental-st-kilda-player-charlie-banfield-hits-friend-with-car-in-wa\/news-story\/11c33e551284d27f2d6b598f39805472\" title=\"www.heraldsun.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">the Herald Sun reported<\/a> the incident occurred when \u201ca group of mates were camping\u201d explaining Banfield was attempting to slowly move his car.<\/p>\n<p>A source told the newspaper the incident was \u201cinnocuous\u201d and \u201cpurely accidental\u201d, and that it \u201ccould have been so much worse\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Banfield\u2019s teammate Alix Tauru was reportedly part of the trip.<\/p>\n<p>No legal action is expected with the incident being treated as an accident.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie Banfield of the Saints celebrates a 3rd quarter goal vs Richmond, his 1st in AFL footy. Picture: Michael KleinSource: News Corp Australia<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe St Kilda Football Club is aware of an incident involving Charlie Banfield on a rural private property in Western Australia,\u201d the club said in a statement to the ABC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur thoughts are with Charlie and the injured individual, who we understand will make a swift and full recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe club has already spoken to Charlie about this incident and will continue to support him through the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Banfield played three games in his debut AFL season after being selected with pick 41 in the 2025 draft.<\/p>\n<p>He was vice-captain at Perth private school Scotch College.<\/p>\n<p>His dad Drew was a dual West Coast premiership player while his mum Amber spent six years on the board of the West Australian Football Commission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St Kilda\u2019s Charlie Banfield \u201caccidentally ran over his close friend with a car\u201d, according to the ABC, with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":934014,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,85],"class_list":["post-934013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=934013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/934014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=934013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=934013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}