The freak accident happened in a school in Quito, the capital of Ecuador, and firefighters and parents rushed to the scene to help prevent any more damage A tree fell into a classroom and injured 15 students (Image: Noticias En la Comunidad/Facebook)

A staggering 15 children were left injured after a freak accident when a tree fell into a fifth grade classroom in a public school in Ecuador.

The kids - who were aged between 10 and 11 years old - were attending classes as usual within the school when the accident occurred on Tuesday (December 9) afternoon at the Manuela Cañizares Educational Unit, in the capital city of Quito .

According to witness there at the time, the tree branches suddenly gave way and the tree fell through the roof and collapsed on to the children.

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