Child killed and three others injured after car crashes into Australian school

Victoria Police establish a crime scene outside of a school in Hawthorn East, in Melbourne, Australia (Joel Carrett/AAP Image via AP)

A child has died and three others have been injured after a car crashed into a primary school in Australia, police said.

The car had been driving along Burgess Road in Hawthorn East when it crashed through the school fence at about 2.30pm local time, a Victoria police statement confirmed.