Boy dies after woman collecting child crashes car into primary school

A child has died and several are injured after a car crashed into a primary school in Australia, police have said.

The car veered off a road in the suburb of Hawthorn East, Melbourne, and crashed through a fence and into an outdoor table where five children were sitting just after 2.30pm local time.

An 11-year-old boy was taken to hospital with serious injuries but later died.

Two girls aged 11, a 10-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy were also taken to hospital with serious injuries, Victoria Police said.

The driver of the car, a 40-year-old woman, crashed into the fence while making a U-turn after collecting a child from the school.

She was arrested at the scene and remains in police custody.

The child who was a passenger in the car was not injured.

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"It appears it is a tragic accident," Detective Inspector Craig McEvoy, from the Major Collision Investigation Unit, said.

Video footage from the scene showed the car with damage on its front left side.

Police are investigating the exact circumstances surrounding the crash.