Woman charged after car crashed into a Melbourne primary school, killing a boy

A woman has been charged after her car allegedly crashed into a schoolyard, leaving an 11-year-old boy dead and a number of other children injured.

A woman has been charged after her car allegedly veered off the road and crashed through a fence, killing an 11-year-old boy in a school playground.

Police have charged a 40-year-old Hawthorn East woman following the fatal crash in October last year at Auburn South Primary school in Melbourne’s inner east.

The scene where 11-year-old schoolboy Jack Davey was killed when a car crashed through the fence of his primary school in Melbourne’s east. Picture: NewsWire / Luis Enrique Ascui

The woman was allegedly doing a U-turn on Burgess St just after 2.30pm when her Toyota SUV veered off the road and crashed through a fence into an outdoor table where five children were sitting.

Jake Davey, 11, was taken to hospital with critical injuries, where he died.

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

Police have charged a 40-year-old Hawthorn East woman following a fatal car crash in October last year at Auburn South Primary school in Melbourne’s inner east. Picture: NewsWire / Luis Enrique Ascui

It’s understood the children were on an afternoon recess break when the incident occurred.

The woman behind the wheel and her passenger – a primary school aged child – were not injured.

Detectives charged the woman on Tuesday with careless driving and failure to have proper control of a motor vehicle.

Jake Davey, 11, was taken to hospital with critical injuries, where he died. Picture: NewsWire/Ian Currie

At the time, police arrested the woman and released her pending further investigation, including whether she had suffered a medical episode behind the wheel.

The white Toyota brandished green P-plates when it crashed, but it is unclear if the woman had her full licence or not.

She will appear at Melbourne Magistrates Court on July 15.

Originally published as Woman charged after car crashed into a Melbourne primary school, killing a boy