London police say an 8-year-old girl is in a life-threatening condition in hospital following a car crash at a primary school in Wimbledon that claimed the life of another girl the same age.
LONDON (AP) — An 8-year-old girl is in a life-threatening condition at a hospital after a car crash at an elementary school in Wimbledon that claimed the life of another girl the same age, London police said Friday. .
The Metropolitan Police also said a woman in her 40s is in critical condition following Thursday’s crash on a narrow and generally quiet street in south-west London.
TO Land Rover it went through a fence and struck a building of the Preparatory School of Studies for girls between the ages of 4 and 11.
Police said the accident, which occurred while the children were having a New Year’s Eve party in the garden, was not related to terrorism. They did not explain how the car went off the road so abruptly.
The Met said a woman arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving has been released on bail pending further investigation until later in the month. She was also taken to a hospital, but her life was not in danger, police said. It was not clear if she was still hospitalized.
Several other people, including a 7-month-old girl, were also taken to hospital but were not in critical condition, police said.
On Thursday, London’s ambulance service said 16 people, including the girl who died, were treated at the scene for injuries. Ten of them were subsequently hospitalized.
The Met said it understands that the school-age children who were injured were students at the school and that the injured adults were parents or caregivers, not staff members.
“It is hard to imagine the pain and upset the families of those involved are going through and we will do everything we can to support them as our investigation continues,” said Chief Detective Superintendent Clair Kelland, South West London Police Commander. .
“This was the largest local police deployment in south-west London since 2017 and our officers, along with members of the other emergency services, were met with a challenging and traumatic scene,” he said.
The accident occurred one mile (1.6 kilometers) from the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, which hosts the world famous Wimbledon. tennis tournament.
Ian Hewitt, the club’s president, was one of many who laid flowers at the site on Friday after police lifted the cordon around the crash site.
“We feel closely associated with the community,” he said. “What a tragic incident. We simply offer our sincerest condolences to all those affected.”
Unlike the Grand Slam tennis event, the school is located in a fairly remote part of Wimbledon, surrounded by few buildings, local parks, horse trails, and golf courses.
Members of the Wimbledon Common Golf Club, which is opposite the crash site, held a minute’s silence outside the school gates on Friday afternoon.
The group stopped along the way to pay their respects and lay flowers.
“It’s so sad to lose someone so young,” club president Peter Thompson said.
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