'Everybody affected' by Wimbledon faculty crash, say shocked dad and mom

Parents paying their respects on the scene of the Wimbledon crash have stated "everyone is affected" by the tragedy.

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The area people has been left reeling after eight-year-old Selena Lau was killed by a Land Rover that crashed into an end-of-term tea social gathering at The Study Preparatory School on Camp Road in Wimbledon on Thursday.

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A second eight-year-old was in a "life-threatening" situation in hospital on Friday evening, whereas a lady in her 40s stays in a crucial situation.

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Thomas Barlow, councillor for Wimbledon Village, stated: "Everyone's in complete shock that something like this could happen ... and the fact that this happened on the last day of term which was clearly a happy day at school is horrendous."

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"The whole village is in shock, a lot of the people had connections to this school," he added, talking from the location of the incident.

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A complete of 16 individuals have been treated at the scene and 12 - together with a seven-month-old lady - have been taken to hospital and their situations have been assessed as not life-threatening, the Metropolitan Police stated.

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The injured adults have been dad and mom or carers and never workers on the faculty, they added.

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The automobile crashed by means of the fence and right into a constructing on the faculty in southwest London on Thursday morning.

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The driver, a 46-year-old girl from Wimbledon, was arrested on the scene on suspicion of inflicting dying by harmful driving and has been bailed pending additional inquiries to a date later this month.

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She was taken to hospital and her situation was assessed as not life-threatening.

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'Everyone's affected by it'

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One guardian who introduced their younger little one to the scene on Saturday stated: "Everyone's affected by it, everyone is questioning how it could've happened.

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"I'm simply feeling actually sorry for the households of these affected and the youngsters who survived.

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"It's a quiet road, I'm wondering how can a car build up such speed in a short space of time, it's crazy."

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Amelia, 19, a Wimbledon native, used to attend the varsity in 2015. She and her brother laid flowers on Saturday afternoon to pay their respects.

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She stated: "I think The Study is a tightly-knit community, it's quite a small school so even after people left, we are all together. We came to pay our respects became it's not just a school, it's a community as well.

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"I feel it is fairly unhappy as a result of the varsity is way out of the way in which, it is not on a essential street, it is not within the centre of Wimbledon, so it is surprising that this occurred.

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"The only reason you're coming down these roads is to go to the school or the golf clubs."

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Cards and flowers with transferring tributes to the younger lady have been laid on the scene all through Friday and Saturday.

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Serena's household stated she was an "intelligent" and "cheeky" lady, "adored and loved by everyone".

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