A disturbing video has surfaced showing a car going out of control on a street where a tragic incident took place. A mother lost her life, while her partner and their three-year-old son sustained critical injuries after being struck by an elderly driver who mounted a curb and collided with them near a playground.

Emergency services raced to the scene on Coleman Road in Wantirna South, in Melbourne’s east, shortly before 12.30pm on Thursday. 

The footage, captured by a home security camera, depicts a couple pushing a stroller along a sidewalk in the vicinity just moments before the accident occurred. It is not confirmed whether this couple is the same family that was involved in the tragic event.

The video shows a silver Toyota Yaris, driven by a 91-year-old woman, driving onto the sidewalk and later crashing through a metal fence before colliding with a park bench at a nearby playground.

The CCTV showed a silver hatchback careening down a suburban street with a hubcap then seen trailing behind shortly after. 

A woman aged in her 30s died at the scene, while a man, also aged in his 30s, was rushed to The Alfred Hospital in a critical condition. A young boy, believed to be three-years-old, was rushed to Royal Children’s Hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The elderly driver only received minor scratches in the crash but was taken to hospital for observation and mandatory blood tests.  

It’s understood the 91-year-old collided with a street sign and struck the pedestrians from behind as they walked along the footpath in the same direction. The car finally came to a stop in a reserve 200metres down a hill after the collision. 

CCTV from a nearby house captured a silver Toyota Yaris careening down the street with a hubcap trailing behind

Two people were seen wheeling a pram in the area before the crash 

The Toyota hatchback drove through a fence and smashed into a park bench

‘It’s an absolute tragedy,’ Road Policing Superintendent Justin Goldsmith told reporters on Thursday afternoon. 

‘We’re facing a horrific month for road trauma. We’ve had 14 people lose their lives in the last seven days.

‘We’re thankful that nobody else has been injured.’

He said the elderly driver is emotionally ‘very shaken up’ and yet to be interviewed.

‘We haven’t got a lot of detail from the driver,’ Supt Goldsmith said.

‘We’ve taken the driver to hospital for assessments, and we are hoping to get further details from her later on this evening.’

Police are yet to determine whether speed was a factor.

‘But it is a downhill section of road, so if there has been a lack of control to some degree, there is a possibility that the car would have picked up speed as it’s driven further down Coleman Road,’ Supt Goldsmith said.

Police remain at the scene where a car lost control and ploughed into two adults and a child

The Toyota hatchback drove through a fence and smashed into a park bench

An SES tent has been set up metres from a children’s playground

‘We don’t have enough information to say that it’s a high-speed crash or that speed is a contributing factor at this stage.’

Shocked locals described the scene as ‘quite horrendous’.

‘A car has mounted the footpath and has hit two adults and a child at high speed,’ one woman told 3AW.

‘There’s four ambulances there, police galore, all the roads are blocked off.’ 

One resident revealed he drove past the scene shortly after the crash and witnessed bystanders helping an elderly woman from the back of her vehicle. 

Jason Grant told The Age he believes the driver mounted the curb after coming from the Stud Road end of Coleman Road. 

He said ‘all the neighbours had come out from the noise’. 

Up to a dozen police officers are investigating what happened

A local resident believes the driver mounted the curb and ploughed through a fence after coming from the Stud Road end of Coleman Road

Samuel Chen, whose parents live close to the crash site, said he phoned his mum after hearing about the incident on social media. 

She told him the elderly woman who was driving the vehicle knocked on her door and asked whether she could use their toilet. 

The driver, who was accompanied by her emergency contact, was ‘bleeding from the leg, but nothing very serious’.

Emergency services remain at the scene, where the street has been cordoned off.

An SES tent has been set up near a broken fence, just metres away from a children’s playground.

Crash investigators were seen examining extensive damage to the hatchback near the broken fence.

A flattened street sign was seen further down the street near police tape.

Coleman Road remains closed in both directions between Stud and Lewis roads.

The car travelled 200m after it mounted a sidewalk and stopped after going through the fence of a playground

Ambulance Victoria chief executive Jordan Emery described the crash as a ‘shocking incident.’

‘I’m incredibly proud of our people who attended that incident,’ Mr Emery said.

‘I’ve been fortunate to speak to one of the managers who attended the case and supported our crews after that case, we sent 10 resources to a number of patients, we’ve transported two of those patients to hospital. 

‘The team have done a remarkable job, but obviously very tragic situation there.’

Anyone with information, dashcam or CCTV is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.