Service for second boy killed in Sydney classroom crash

A service for the second of two young boys who died when a car crashed into their Sydney classroom has been held in Sydney.

Service for second of two Sydney boys killed in classroom crash

Service for second of two Sydney boys killed in classroom crash Source: AAP

The second of two Sydney schoolboys who died when a car crashed into their classroom last week has been farewelled in Sydney.

The service was held for the nine-year-old at Rookwood Cemetery on Monday morning.

His friend and classmate Jihad Darwiche, eight, was farewelled at Lakemba Mosque last Thursday.

The pair died when an SUV driven by a 52-year-old woman smashed into their classroom at Banksia Road Primary School in Greenacre last Tuesday.

Maha Al-Shennag has been charged with two counts of dangerous driving occasioning death and negligent driving occasioning death, and it also facing charges of dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm and causing actual bodily harm by misconduct in relation to the incident.
Seventeen children and a teacher were treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics.

Two eight-year-old girls and a nine-year-old girl were taken to hospital with two of them released the following day.

On Sunday the NSW opposition called for a statewide assessment of traffic in and around schools in response to the accident.

"We need to take a snapshot and look at any possible scenarios we can to improve conditions in and around schools," Opposition education spokesman Jihad Dib told AAP.

Mr Dib said the audit should extend to inside school grounds including car parks.

Figures from Revenue NSW show that last year over 143,000 fines were issued for dangerous driving in school zones across the state.

Most of the fines were issued for speeding, but included running red lights, using a mobile phone while driving, doing illegal U-turns and parking offences.

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