Wimbledon school crash: Girl, 8, dies after Land Rover collision

An eight-year-old girl has died after a car crashed into a primary school building in Wimbledon, south-west London.

Paramedics treated 16 people for injuries after the gold-coloured Land Rover crashed into The Study Preparatory School in Camp Road at 9.54am on Thursday morning.

London Ambulance Service says it took 10 people to hospital.

A woman in her 40s has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

At a news conference Det Ch Sup Clair Kelland, local police commander for south-west London, became emotional, her voice breaking at times.

She said: "This is a very difficult time for everyone here at the school and across the wider community.

"We would ask people not to speculate while we work to understand the full circumstances of what has happened during this tragic incident.

"Our officers have already spoken to a number of witnesses and have viewed the CCTV."

John Tucker, chair of the school’s board of governors, told the news conference: “The school community is profoundly affected by this tragedy and, at the moment, we’re not in a position to make any further comment.”

Chief paramedic Dr John Martin, of London Ambulance Service, said it had dispatched 15 ambulances alongside London’s Air Ambulance and specialist critical care paramedics.

St George’s Hospital, in Tooting, said earlier that it was “receiving a number of patients who are being cared for by our specialist clinical teams”.

The school is for girls aged 4 to 11 and is located near Wimbledon Common.

A major incident was declared, but the Met said it was not being treated as terror-related.