Newly appointed Broncos coach Michael Maguire has stressed that the wellbeing of the Uber driver and two passengers involved in the head-on collision with Ezra Mam is at the forefront of his mind – but the club isn’t backing him up.
It comes as Mam, 21, allegedly failed a roadside drug test on October 18 in Brisbane following the car accident.
The five-eighth was also allegedly driving while unlicensed at the time.
‘I am not going to touch on that at the moment,’ Maguire told a scrum of reporters on Wednesday when quizzed if Mam will be sacked by the NRL club.
‘I have got to go through everything and assess what is going on.
‘I will definitely find out how one of our players gets to this point.
‘I have got to find out more about what the situation entails. I have spoken to him and it is more about the safety of everyone involved in the situation.’
Maguire added he is well aware that ‘the seriousness of the incident is huge’.
Broncos coach Michael Maguire has stressed the well-being of the Uber driver and two passengers involved in the head-on collision with Ezra Mam is at the forefront of his mind
Mam (pictured with the ball) allegedly failed a roadside drug test on October 18 in Brisbane following the car accident
‘People get hurt in these situations,’ he said. ‘The people involved, we’ve got to care for them as well.’
However, the Uber driver of the car involved in the accident said he hasn’t heard a word out of the Broncos.
Driver Marcel van den Camp claimed he ‘blacked out for a while’ and admitted he was ‘going to need some help getting over the mental hurdles’ after being behind the wheel during the incident.
The mother said her young daughter suffered a broken hip in the collision, with both of them also suffering seatbelt burns.
No charges have been laid over the crash.
‘In a flash there was this truck that hit us. It was an almighty crash and I blacked out for a while,’ Van Den Camp told Nine News.
‘The lady was saying, ‘I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe’, and I went holy moly, I’ve got to do something.
‘I tried the back doors, couldn’t open it, they were locked, so I went back to my door, reached over to the back door on my side, unlatched it.
Uber driver Marcel Van Den Camp also revealed the painful injury he suffered in the crash last Friday (pictured)
The mother injured in the collision with a vehicle driven by Mam has revealed her daughter has a fractured hip (pictured)
‘So I got the girl out, they were [both] pretty shaken to say the least.
‘I have heard nothing, nothing from the Brisbane Broncos.
‘I’m going to need some help getting over the mental hurdles that I’m experiencing, a bit of anxiety when I’m sitting in the car.’
On Tuesday, the mother of the child who was riding in the back of the Uber spoke about the injuries she and her daughter suffered.
‘She [her daughter] has a fractured hip… she [also] has really bad burns from the friction of the seatbelt,’ she told the Sydney Morning Herald.
Mam’s management released a statement on Monday saying the star is seeking ‘immediate professional treatment’ in a rehabilitation facility.
If Mam isn’t moved on from Red Hill, the Broncos face the prospect of the NRL suspending him for the start of the 2025 season.
Maguire is adamant accountability is key for Mam.
‘People will make mistakes but they have also got to own them. That’s the big thing, if he owns where he is at,’ he said.
‘His actions moving forward are very important. I know he is getting some help at the moment about where he is at. ‘When he works through that, I will get some time with him.
‘He’s got to go through a process with police, the game and the (Broncos) itself….wherever that lands, we’ll move forward with what we have.’