Driver charged over 11-year-old's tragic schoolyard death

Jack Davey passed away following an incident where he was reportedly hit by a car that went out of control and collided with the premises of Auburn South Primary School in Hawthorn East on October 29, 2024.

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

Jack Davey, 11, has died after being hit by a car while at Auburn South Primary School. (Supplied)

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

On Tuesday she was charged with careless driving and failing to have proper control of a motor vehicle.

Police will allege her car veered off the road on Burgess Street and crashed through a school fence before hitting the group of children. 

It’s understood the woman had picked up her primary-school aged child shortly before the tragic crash.

That child was not injured in the crash.

The woman has been summoned to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on July 15.

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