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| Woman faces more charges over fatal Sydney school crash | Woman faces more charges over fatal Sydney school crash |
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| Maha Al-Shennag has been charged with dangerous driving occasioning death but extra charges will relate to injured children | |
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| Thu 9 Nov 2017 00.37 GMT | |
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| The woman who allegedly drove her car into a Sydney classroom killing two eight-year-old boys has been charged with more offences by police. | The woman who allegedly drove her car into a Sydney classroom killing two eight-year-old boys has been charged with more offences by police. |
| On Tuesday 52-year-old Maha Al-Shennag was charged with two counts of dangerous driving occasioning death and was bailed by police to appear in court later in November. Police say they do not believe it was intentional. | On Tuesday 52-year-old Maha Al-Shennag was charged with two counts of dangerous driving occasioning death and was bailed by police to appear in court later in November. Police say they do not believe it was intentional. |
| She’s now also been charged with dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm and causing actual bodily harm by misconduct. | She’s now also been charged with dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm and causing actual bodily harm by misconduct. |
| Police will allege the additional charges relate to injuries sustained by children who were taken to hospital. | Police will allege the additional charges relate to injuries sustained by children who were taken to hospital. |
| There were 24 children in the classroom on Tuesday morning when the 2007 Toyota Kluger ploughed through the wooden wall. The incident left 17 children injured in the incident and five were taken to hospital. | There were 24 children in the classroom on Tuesday morning when the 2007 Toyota Kluger ploughed through the wooden wall. The incident left 17 children injured in the incident and five were taken to hospital. |
| Two of them, both eight-year-old boys, later died. Two eight-year-old girls were taken to Westmead Children’s hospital in a stable condition, and one nine-year-old girl was taken to Westmead in a serious condition. | Two of them, both eight-year-old boys, later died. Two eight-year-old girls were taken to Westmead Children’s hospital in a stable condition, and one nine-year-old girl was taken to Westmead in a serious condition. |
| Al-Shennag was uninjured. | Al-Shennag was uninjured. |
| “Obviously this is a very, very tragic event,” NSW police acting assistant commissioner Stuart Smith said on Tuesday. Crash investigators and detectives from Bankstown local area command were investigating the circumstances that led to the accident. | “Obviously this is a very, very tragic event,” NSW police acting assistant commissioner Stuart Smith said on Tuesday. Crash investigators and detectives from Bankstown local area command were investigating the circumstances that led to the accident. |
| Family, parents, students and staff linked to Banksia Road primary school will gather in Lakemba to honour the boys’ lives at the local mosque on Thursday. | Family, parents, students and staff linked to Banksia Road primary school will gather in Lakemba to honour the boys’ lives at the local mosque on Thursday. |
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