MELBOURNE, Australia –

A mother picking up a child crashed a car through a Melbourne school fence on Tuesday, fatally injuring one child and leaving four others seriously injured, police said.

The 40-year-old mother had picked up a child from Auburn South Primary School and was turning around on the road outside when she crashed through a fence and crashed into an outside table where five children were sitting after 2:30 p.m. local time . time, Insp. » Craig McEvoy said.

“It appears to be a tragic accident,” McEvoy told reporters.

An 11-year-old boy was taken to hospital with serious injuries and later died, a police statement said.

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

The driver was arrested at the scene and remained in custody, police said. Neither she nor her student passenger were injured.

Police were questioning the mother, McEvoy said, but had no further news. Specialized accident investigation detectives were on hand to collect evidence.

The video shows that the station wagon, whose left front fender is visibly damaged, stopped after passing through a recreation area covered with shade cloth.