Woman charged following fatal crash in Hawthorn East

Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives have charged a woman following a fatal crash in Hawthorn East last year.

It is alleged a car veered off the road on Burgess Street and crashed through a school fence and into a group of children just after 2.30pm on 29 October 2024.

An 11-year-old boy was taken to hospital with critical injuries where he sadly died.

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

The driver, a 40-year-old Hawthorn East woman, was arrested at the scene and released pending further inquiries.

Her passenger, a primary school aged child, was not injured.

On Tuesday 13 May, detectives charged the woman with careless driving and fail to have proper control of a motor vehicle.

She was summonsed to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 15 July.

Senior Constable Darcie Sword

Media Unit

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