Driver released after deadly car crash in Melbourne schoolyard | ABC News

The driver in a car crash which killed one and seriously injured four school students in Melbourne’s east has been released from custody. Police say they believe the 40-year-old Hawthorn East woman had picked up her child from Auburn South Primary School and was performing a U-turn on Burgess Street, when her car veered off the road and ploughed through a fence into the schoolyard. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-2... ABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad. It's news when you want it, from Australia's most trusted news organisation. For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Watch more ABC News content ad-free on ABC iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 Like ABC News on Facebook:   / abcnews.au   Follow ABC News on Instagram:   / abcnews_au   Follow ABC News on X (Twitter):   / abcnews   Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNews #ABCNewsAustralia