One child has died and four other children have been seriously injured after a car crashed through a school fence in Hawthorn East.

It’s believed the children were sitting on a park bench at Auburn South Primary School when the incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon, with a 40-year-old woman arrested at the scene.

Click PLAY to hear the latest from Jacqui Felgate on what took place

Caller Julie earlier ran into 3AW Afternoons, describing the unfolding scene as emergency services rushed to the scene.

Click PLAY to hear Julie’s full update on 3AW

“Paramedics screamed towards (the scene) and police cars were screaming,” she said on 3AW.

“I have never seen police and ambulances screaming so fast through the lights.”

Emotional parent opens up to Jacqui Felgate about horror Hawthorn East school crash

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