Two young children were killed and three seriously injured Tuesday when a car ploughed into their classroom at a Sydney school, with witnesses and emergency services describing "pandemonium" at the scene. The tragedy occurred at the Banksia Road Public School when the car smashed into a wooden classroom building not long after lessons started. The licence of the 52-year-old woman driver was suspended and she was charged with two counts of dangerous driving causing death and with negligent driving.
She was reportedly dropping off a child at the time. "The vehicle continued inside the building and tragically we have had a number of young children injured as a result," said Stewart Smith, assistant commissioner of traffic police in New South Wales state. The children who died were boys aged eight. A further 17 children and a teacher were treated at the scene for minor injuries.