As a result of an accident at an Australian school, a child died and three others were injured

A child has been killed and three others injured after a car crashed into a primary school in Australia, police said.

The car was traveling along Burgess Road in Hawthorne East when it crashed into a school fence at about 2.30pm local time, a Victoria Police statement confirmed.

The car left the road, crashed into a fence and hit a group of children sitting on a bench at Auburn South Primary School, located about four miles east of Victoria’s capital Melbourne.

The driver, a 40-year-old woman from Hawthorn East, was arrested at the scene and remains in police custody.

Her passenger, a child of primary school age, was not injured.

One 11-year-old boy was rushed to hospital with serious injuries, but later died.

Two 11-year-old children, one girl and one boy, were seriously injured and taken to hospital. Also, a 10-year-old boy was brought to the hospital in serious condition.

The exact circumstances of the accident are being clarified by the investigators of the traffic accident investigation department.

The injured children were sitting on a park bench, an unnamed Department of Education official told national broadcaster ABC.

A Department of Education representative declined to comment to The Associated Press.