School accident in Australia: Mother crashes into car, killing a child and injuring 4 people

MELBOURNE, Australia –

A mother picking up her child crashed into a car through the fence of a Melbourne school on Tuesday, fatally injuring one of her children and seriously injuring four others, police said.

The 40-year-old mother had picked up a child from Auburn South Primary School and was making a U-turn on the road outside when she crashed over a fence into an outdoor table where five children were seated just after 2.30pm local time. time, Police Inspectorate. Craig McEvoy said.

“It looks like a tragic accident,” McEvoy told reporters.

In the police statement, it was stated that an 11-year-old child was taken to the hospital with serious injuries and later died.

Police said two 11-year-old girls, a 10-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy were taken to the hospital with serious injuries.

Police said the driver was arrested at the scene and remains in custody. Neither he nor his student passenger were injured.

Police questioned the mother but had no further updates, McEvoy said. Specialist accident investigation detectives collected evidence at the scene.

In the video, the station wagon, which has obvious damage to its left front fender, can be seen stopping after passing through the rest area covered with shade.