Child dies after car crashes through school gate
One child has died and another four kids have been left injured after a car crash through a school gate in the east Melbourne suburb of Auburn.
Emergency services were called to Auburn South Primary School in Hawthorn East on Tuesday afternoon after a car veered off the road and into the primary school's gate.
The car collided with a table where five children were sitting.
Two 11-year-old girls, one 10-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy were all taken to hospital with serious injuries.
An 11-year-old boy was taken to hospital with critical injuries, and later died.
The driver of the vehicle was identified as a 40-year-old woman who was local to the area, and was arrested at the scene.
A primary school-aged was also in the car at the time of the crash but remained unharmed.
Victoria Police Inspector Craig McEvoy said the driver was attempting a U-turn before veering off the road, and it appeared the crash was an accident.
"It's tragic circumstances ... really tough for everyone involved," McEvoy said. "It's always a tough time when children are involved."
"The ongoing investigation will take days, weeks, months," Inspector McEvoy added.
Premier Jacinta Allan also commented on the incident, saying it should have been an "unremarkable sunny day" at the school.
"Instead, a dark shadow has been cast over our city and state," she wrote on X.
"I'm sending my love and thoughts to the students, their families and the whole school communityAnd my thanks to the first responders on the scene," she said.
"I know tonight Victorians will be thinking of Auburn South Primary, and holding our kids even closer."
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