A gold-coloured Land Rover might be seen on school grounds surrounded by emergency responders on Thursday
An eight-year-old lady is in a life-threatening situation after a automobile crashed right into a school in Wimbledon killing one other lady.
The Met Police mentioned a number of individuals, together with a seven-month-old lady, had been taken to hospital.
The driver of the automobile, a 46-year-old lady, has been bailed till late July.
The lady, from Wimbledon, had been arrested on suspicion of inflicting demise by harmful driving and was taken to hospital. Her situation was assessed as not life-threatening.
Both the household of the eight-year-old lady who died and the household of the eight-year-old lady in a life-threatening situation are being supported by household liaison officers.
Watch: Aerial view of Wimbledon school automobile crash
In an announcement, the Met mentioned no school employees had been injured and the adults harm had been dad and mom or carers.
Investigators are anticipated to stay on the scene of the collision all through the day whereas inquiries proceed.
Det Ch Supt Clair Kelland, native policing commander for south-west London, mentioned the operation was “the largest local policing deployment in south-west London since 2017” and the scene was “challenging and traumatic”.
“I understand many people will want answers about how this happened and there is a team of detectives working to establish the circumstances,” she mentioned.
Floral tributes have been laid exterior the school which relies on Camp Road close to Wimbledon Common
A complete of 35 police automobiles had been deployed and officers labored with paramedics to present first assist to these injured.
Det Ch Supt Kelland added the crash “would have also had a significant impact” on officers who had been on the scene and the drive would “ensure their welfare is looked after”.
The Met mentioned the automobile had been eliminated on Thursday night for additional examination, whereas officers have collected CCTV from close by buildings and spoken with plenty of witnesses.
The drive repeated calls to keep away from hypothesis whereas the investigation is carried out, however has mentioned it was not treating the crash as terror-related.
The non-public women’ school, for youngsters aged 4 to 11, is only a mile away from the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club because it hosts the world-famous tennis event.
MP for Wimbledon Stephen Hammond mentioned the pupils had been gathered for an end-of-year celebration social gathering within the backyard. He described what occurred as “extremely distressing and extremely concerning”.
London Ambulance Service mentioned it despatched 15 ambulances to the scene and handled 16 individuals.
St George’s Hospital in Tooting mentioned it had acquired “a number of patients who are being cared for by our specialist clinical teams”.
