ONE child has died and four have been injured after a car crashed through the fence of a Melbourne primary school.
The car hit where five students were sitting during a break – with an 11-year-old boy taken to hospital with critical injuries where he later died.
One boy was killed after the car ploughed through the fence
APThe car crashed through the fence as it did a u-turn, police said[/caption]
APPolice inspect the road as they begin their investigations[/caption]
Two 11-year-old girls, one 10-year-old boy, one 10-year-old girl were also injured.
The tragedy happened after a car veered off the road and struck Auburn South Primary School in Hawthorne East.
A 40-year-old Hawthorn East woman has been arrested by cops, while a primary school-aged child who was a passenger in the vehicle was unharmed.
Victoria Police Inspector Craig McEvoy said the driver was attempting a U-turn before veering off the road.
McEvoy said it appeared the crash was a “tragic accident” and confirmed officers were investigating.
He said: “(It’s) a really tough scene, always when children are involved.”
He said the vehicle that crashed through the school fence had the Australian equivalent of a P-plate on it.
But cops could not confirm what the driver’s licencing status was.
Inspector McEvoy said: “The ongoing investigation will takes days, weeks, months.”
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