An early childhood teacher’s aide has died after a water tanker crashed into a kindergarten north of Melbourne. The 43-year-old woman died at the scene, and a child was flown to hospital with an arm injury. The 68-year-old driver of the truck was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
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00:00The water tanker was travelling through the township at about 2.30pm.
00:05Then police believe its 68-year-old driver lost control of the vehicle.
00:09It careened across a lane and into the playground outside a preschool where a number of staff
00:13and young children had gathered.
00:15A 43-year-old female staff member was struck and tragically died at the scene.
00:20A three-year-old boy was also hit.
00:22He suffered a serious arm injury and was taken to hospital in a serious but stable condition.
00:27Given the circumstances, police say it's lucky the loss of life wasn't greater.
00:31A tragic set of circumstances which actually could have been a lot worse.
00:35This is one of those close calls that I don't know how only one person has died today.
00:42It's unbelievable.
00:43The driver's employer, Mackenzie Water, say the 68-year-old was an experienced driver
00:48who suffered a medical episode.
00:50He's cooperating with police and has been taken to hospital for a medical check-up.
00:55Emergency services are exasperated after a string of serious and tragic road deaths
00:59across the state in recent days and weeks.
01:02It's been just two weeks since an 11-year-old boy, Jack Davey, was killed when a car crashed
01:07through the fence of a primary school in Melbourne's east.