Boy, 11, dead and four other children injured after car crashes into Melbourne school

An 11-year-old boy has died and four other children have been injured after a car crashed through a school fence in Melbourne's inner east, Report informs referring to 9News.

It's believed a car was traveling along Burgess Street in Hawthorn East, about 7km east of Melbourne CBD, when it left the road and crashed through a fence at Auburn South Primary School just after 2.30 pm, according to police.

The driver, a 40-year-old Hawthorn East woman, had just collected a child from the school and was performing a U-turn when the car went through the fence, hitting a table where five children were seated by the school's sports field, Inspector Craig McEvoy has told media.

An 11-year-old boy was critically injured and died while being rushed to hospital.

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 and her child were not injured.