Wimbledon primary school crash investigation continues

An probe into a clang successful which an eight-year-old miss was killed astatine a schoolhouse successful Wimbledon is continuing.

Sixteen radical needed attraction aft a Land Rover crashed into The Study Preparatory School successful Camp Road, south-west London, connected Thursday.

A pistillate successful her 40s remains successful custody having been arrested connected suspicion of causing decease by unsafe driving.

One enactment of enquiry is that the operator had a aesculapian incident, the BBC understands.

The Met Police has removed the car from the tract arsenic portion of its investigation. The unit has said it is not treating the clang arsenic terror-related.

Det Ch Sup Clair Kelland, section constabulary commandant for south-west London, said: "We would inquire radical not to speculate portion we enactment to recognize the afloat circumstances of what has happened during this tragic incident."

Floral tributes person been laid extracurricular the schoolhouse for girls aged 4 to 11, located adjacent Wimbledon Common.

MP for Wimbledon Stephen Hammond said the pupils had been gathered for an end-of-year solemnisation enactment successful the garden. He described the clang arsenic "extremely distressing and highly concerning".

John Tucker, seat of the committee of governors, said "the schoolhouse assemblage is profoundly affected by this tragedy".

London Ambulance Service took 10 radical to hospital, with St George's Hospital successful Tooting "receiving a fig of patients who are being cared for by our specializer objective teams".

The school's website was replaced by a holding leafage with a connection reading: "We are profoundly shocked by the tragic mishap this greeting astatine Wilberforce House and devastated that it has claimed the beingness of 1 of our young pupils arsenic good arsenic injuring respective others.

"Our thoughts are with the bereaved household and with the families of those injured astatine this unspeakable time."

The school, which costs £5,565 per term, is conscionable a mile distant from the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club arsenic it hosts the world-famous tennis tournament.

On Thursday, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said his "deepest condolences" were with the household of the miss who had died, and his thoughts were with each of those progressive and injured.