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News.com.au
15-05-2025
- News.com.au
Woman charged after car crashed into a Melbourne primary school, killing a boy
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 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. 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. 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.
ABC News
15-05-2025
- ABC News
Woman charged with careless driving over crash into school fence that killed 11-year-old boy
Police have charged a woman, 40, with careless driving and failure to have proper control of a vehicle following a tragic crash through a school fence that claimed the life of an 11-year-old child. Jack Davey was sitting with four fellow students on the grounds of Auburn South Primary School on October 29 last year when a car crashed through the nearby fence and struck the children. Police allege the car veered off Burgess Street, Hawthorn East and went through the primary school's fence just after 2.30pm. Jack Davey was taken to hospital with critical injuries where he died. Four other children aged 10 and 11 were seriously injured in the crash. The driver's passenger — a primary school-aged child — was not injured. Police arrested the driver straight after the crash and released her pending further enquiries, however on Thursday afternoon — more than six months after the incident — Victoria Police announced that Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives had charged her two days ago on May 13. The woman is scheduled to face Melbourne Magistrates' Court on July 15.
Daily Mail
15-05-2025
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Major update after woman crashed her SUV into Auburn South Primary leaving 11-year-old boy dead and four students seriously injured
A woman has been charged after an 11-year-old boy died and four other students were seriously injured after she crashed her SUV into their primary school. The incident unfolded at Auburn South Primary School just after 2.30pm on October 29 when a white SUV travelling on Burgess Street n Hawthorn East left the road and crashed through the school fence, hitting 11-year-old Jack Davey and his friends. Paramedics rushed a critically injured Jack to hospital where he later died. Three girls - two aged 11 and one aged 10 - as well as a 10-year-old boy were also taken to hospital with serious injuries. The woman, 40, was arrested at the scene and released pending further inquiries. Her passenger, a primary school-aged child, was not injured in the crash. In a major update on Tuesday, detectives charged the woman with careless driving and failure to have proper control of a motor vehicle. She is scheduled to appear in Melbourne Magistrates' Court on July 15. More to come.
