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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.
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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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