A primary school student has described the moment a car crashed into her classroom in Sydney’s south-west on Tuesday morning and killed two children.
A woman, 52, was behind the wheel of a Toyota Kluger when it hit a demountable at Banksia Road Public School in Greenacre at 10.30am.
Zeinab Karim told Daily Mail Australia it felt like her ‘classroom just fell down.’
‘We were in the classroom and when we heard a big bang we stood up,’ the nine-year-old said.
Primary school student Zeinab Karim (far right) has described the moment a car crashed into her classroom in Sydney’s south-west on Tuesday morning and killed two children
A woman, 52, was behind the wheel of a Toyota Kluger when it hit a demountable at Banksia Road Public School in Greenacre at 10.30am
Pictured if the front entrance of Banksia Road primary school. Parents can be seen arriving to pick up their children
Photos from the scene show the Toyota Kluger bursting through the walls of the classroom
‘There was a black out straight away we were evacuated to Kindergarten. It was really scary cos I never would have imagined a class collapse on its own.’
Zeinab said none of her friends were hurt but that her dad was so worried his ‘face went bright red.’
Neighbour Riad Kadour told Daily Mail Australia he heard the car ram through the portable building followed by the shrieks of children.
Mr Kadour said he initially thought the incident was a terrorist attack.
‘My daughter was at the school she was distressed, seeing her like that was heart breaking,’ he said.
The children were believed to be in the middle of an Arabic class when the fatal crash happened.
Two boys, aged eight, were critically injured but were later pronounced dead at Westmead Children’s Hospital.
A total of 22 children are believed to have been injured when the car ploughed through the demountable wall
Parents were crowded around the school gates to pick up their children this morning
Parents hug outside the Banksia Road Public School school gates after the fatal crash
Police are asking parents who wish to collect their children to attend the Boronia Road school entrance
NSW Ambulance Chief Superintendent Richard Cohen has confirmed children under the age of nine are involved
NSW Ambulance Chief Superintendent Richard Cohen has confirmed the children injured are under the age of nine.
Two eight-year-old girls were rushed to Westmead Children’s Hospital in a stable condition, and one nine-year-old girl is in a serious condition.
There were 17 children and one adult female teacher assessed on scene. NSW police confirmed 24 children were in the classroom at the time.
A teacher was also treated following the horrific crash.
The female driver of the car, who is uninjured, has been taken to hospital for mandatory blood and urine tests.
Three tradesmen working nearby reportedly rushed to the scene and lifted the car off a student who was crushed underneath, Nine News reporter Damian Ryan told Radio 2GB.
Witnesses said the car is owned by a parent at the school, who had been parked in a carpark moments before the vehicle struck the classroom.
Worried parents said they initially thought it was an ‘attack or something’
There are eight crews on the scene, including one intensive care car and NSW Ambulance Chaplains
Police from Bankstown LAC on are on scene and a crime scene has been established
Witnesses said the car is owned by a parent at the school, who had been parked in a carpark moments before the vehicle struck the classroom
Panicked parents rushed to the school to check on the welfare of their children shortly after the crash.
A mother whose daughters were in the class said she was horrified to hear the news while she was out of the area.
‘When I first heard I thought there had been attack or something,’ she told Daily Mail Australia.
‘I was in Miranda when I heard and oh my God, I don’t know how I made it here so fast.
Buses are diverting away from Banksia Rd and Noble Ave due to the crash
The female driver of the car has been taken to hospital for mandatory blood and urine tests
‘My daughter’s little friend is in Westmead and it’s not good.’
Another mother, whose son was in the demountable, said he was spared injury because he was at the front of the classroom.
‘He was at the front, so he’s very lucky…but he saw blood coming out of his friends. I’m just in shock,’ the mother said.
Another group of women came out from the school grounds and said: ‘Thank God they’re all right, these ones were next door.
‘I saw it on the news it was scary. My cousin told me. I’m just glad they’re safe.’
The crash happened in the Banksia Road Public School’s demountable building
NSW Ambulance confirmed two of those children suffered a cardiac arrest at the scene
There are eight crews on the scene, including one intensive care car and NSW Ambulance Chaplains.
Police from Bankstown LAC on are on scene and a crime scene has been established.
Police are asking parents who wish to collect their children to do so via the Boronia Road school entrance, but are reportedly not allowing for aunties and uncles to be at the gates.
Buses are diverting away from Banksia Rd and Noble Ave due to the crash.