![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wimbledon-crash-children-screamed-as-land-rover-smashed-into-school-killing-girl-8-hurting-16-including-baby/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/newspress-collage-22957937-1688709079997.jpg&description=PIERCING screams were heard as a car smashed into a school during an end-of-term tea party yesterday, killing a girl, 8, and reportedly injuring a baby. Tragedy struck when a Land Rover collided with one of the school buildings at The Study prep school in Wimbledon, South London, yesterday morning. 6 A young girl has died after a Land Rover smashed into a school building in South London Credit: LNP 6 Witnesses described hearing screams as the car ploughed through the school grounds Credit: EPA One man, who drove past the scene just seconds later, told The Times: "The girls were screaming - it was harrowing. "Everyone was rushing, saying a car had just driven into the grounds. "There was one little baby that was in the ambulance who was crying uncontrollably." Cops confirmed yesterday that an eight-year-old girl had died while 16 people were injured, with 12 rushed to hospital, though it is not clear whether a baby was among them. Detective Chief Superintendent Clair Kelland choked back tears yesterday as she revealed the news of the child's death. She said: "Our officers, along with our colleagues from the other emergency services, provided first aid to a number of people who had been injured. "Very sadly, one of the children, an eight-year-old girl, died at the scene. "Our thoughts are with her family at this incredibly difficult time." The driver of the £70,000 4x4, a woman in her 40s, has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. She stopped at the scene before her arrest and one line of inquiry is that she may have suffered a "medical episode" behind the wheel. An unnamed dad slammed the 20mph road by the school as an "accident waiting to happen". He said it was "too busy" and that "nobody knows" who has the right of way as the road tightens into a bottleneck. The crash is not being treated as terror-related. The Home Secretary Suella Braverman offered her condolences to the families, while Education Secretary Gillian Keegan described the){kind=link}
PIERCING screams were heard as a car smashed into a school during an end-of-term tea party yesterday, killing a girl, 8, and reportedly injuring a baby.
Tragedy struck when a Land Rover collided with one of the school buildings at The Study prep school in Wimbledon, South London, yesterday morning.
One man, who drove past the scene just seconds later, told The Times: “The girls were screaming – it was harrowing.
“Everyone was rushing, saying a car had just driven into the grounds.
“There was one little baby that was in the ambulance who was crying uncontrollably.”