Daylesford car crash: How the Royal Hotel beer garden tragedy unfolded - as the driver's record is revealed: 'Like a rocket'

A driver who ploughed into families at a busy beer garden, killing five people, slumped behind the wheel as his 'eyes glazed over' and appeared to be going through a medical episode when the accident occurred. The tragedy claimed the lives of two men in their 30s, a woman in her 40s, a teenage girl, and a six-year-old boy and took place out the front of the historic Royal Hotel at Daylesford, northwest of Melbourne, at 6.05pm on Sunday. The hotel was heaving with guests due to the unofficial long weekend before Tuesday's Melbourne Cup public holiday, with families gathering near an ice cream shop set up on the lawn. Pictured: A graphic showing how the Daylesford car crash on Sunday unfolded The white BMW X5 ploughed into patrons seated in the courtyard of the historic Royal Hotel at Daylesford Witnesses said the badly-damaged BMW remained on the scene as emergency services arrived The driver did not drugs or alcohol in his system at the time, and has a full and unrestricted licence. I saw the little boy and it just broke my heart.’ Forensic teams remain at the scene, with a fallen power pole still blocking traffic The out-of-control white BMW X5, driven by a a 66-year-old man from Mt Macedon, ploughed into patrons seated in the courtyard A police officer could be seen removing a pram from the scene on Monday On Monday, police said the victims belonged to two families that knew each other and were not locals, but visitors who were 'just going about their everyday life.