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Five children taken to hospital, two critical, after car crashes into Sydney classroom Two eight-year-old boys dead after car crashes into Sydney classroom
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Five Sydney children have been taken to hospital, two in a critical condition, after a car crashed into a classroom, causing “carnage”. Two eight-year-old boys have died and three girls are in hospital after a car crashed into a classroom in the Sydney suburb of Greenacre.
The female driver of a Toyota Kluger hit the weatherboard building at Banksia Road primary school in Greenacre about 9.45am on Tuesday. One girl, aged nine, was in a serious condition, the other two, both aged eight, were stable, a police statement said. The female driver of the car, aged 52, was uninjured. Police said they did not believe the incident was deliberate.
The five were taken to Westmead Children’s hospital, New South Wales ambulance superintendent Stephanie Radnidge told reporters. The children are aged between nine and 11. “Obviously this is a very, very tragic event,” the police local area commander said. Crash investigators and detectives from Bankstown local area command were investigating the circumstances that led to the accident.
The car, a Toyota Kluger, hit the weatherboard building at Banksia Road primary school in Greenacre about 9.45am on Tuesday.
Paramedics arrived to “a scene of carnage” with “distressed and overwhelmed children and teachers”.Paramedics arrived to “a scene of carnage” with “distressed and overwhelmed children and teachers”.
It was “pandemonium” and “distressing”, Radnidge said. “They were crying, they were distressed, some were asking for their parents.” It was “pandemonium” and “distressing”, NSW ambulance superintendent Stephanie Radnidge said. “They were crying, they were distressed, some were asking for their parents.”
Two chaplains were brought in to support paramedics and the victims. There were 24 children in the classroom when the crash happened, police said. Seventeen children and a female teacher were assessed on the grounds by paramedics. Two chaplains were brought in to support paramedics and the victims.
The school became even more chaotic as parents arrived to check on their children. It’s believed the car was within the school grounds when the incident happened. “[Paramedics] are trained the deal with such tragedies, and to respond in an appropriate manner is so that the prehospital care is administered,” Radnidge said. “It is very, very hard because we are parents ourselves, we are human beings. But we are highly trained and the best care was delivered this morning to those injured at this site.”
Police have established a crime scene and the driver of the car was taken to hospital for mandatory blood and urine tests. It’s believed the car was within the school grounds when the incident happened. Police said the driver was a local woman, but it was too early to say whether she had any relationship with the school.
Police asked parents who wish to collect their children to use the Boronia Road school entrance. Police established a crime scene and the driver of the car was taken to hospital for mandatory blood and urine tests. Police asked parents who wish to collect their children to use the Boronia Road school entrance.
Police said the children were taken from the classroom after the accident to a separate location where the five who were seriously injured were identified and rushed to hospital. There were a number of other minor injuries. Police were interviewing some children, while others were reunited with their parents.