A parent at Auburn South Primary School has bravely opened up on the heartbreak unfolding at a primary school in Hawthorn East.

A car crashed through a fence of Auburn South Primary School, with one child tragically killed and four others sustaining serious injuries in the incident.

An emotional Lucy, who’s child are friends with the injured children, told Jacqui Felgate what took place on Tuesday was every parent’s worst nightmare.

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“(My child is at home and) trying to look at the news and uncover what’s happened to his friends,” she exclusively told 3AW Drive.

“(The kids) were at recess at about 2:30pm and they witnessed what happened.”

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