St Lucy’s School in Wahroonga: Boy, 10, dies at disabled school after being crushed by a lift

A 10-year-old student has died after being crushed by a lift at a school for the disabled in Sydney’s northwest.

Emergency services were called to St Lucy’s School for Students with Disabilities in Wahroonga at 2pm on Wednesday following reports that a child was seriously injured on campus.

The school educates both primary and secondary school students with autism, sensory impairments and mild to severe intellectual disabilities.

Police officers from the Kuring-Gai Police Area Command arrived and found the boy trapped under a lift.

Fire and rescue services were able to free the boy, but he died at the scene.

St Lucy’s School in Wahroonga (pictured) is closed as emergency services arrive at the scene where a child is believed to have been seriously injured

NSW Police remain on campus and have set up a crime scene in an attempt to find out what happened.

The department said that in addition to their investigation, a recovery operation is continuing and such there is no ongoing danger to the public as a result of the incident.

A report will be prepared for the coroner.

More to come.