The driver of a Land Rover – who killed an eight-year-old girl and injured others at a Wimbledon school – had a seizure at the wheel before careering into a school’s end-of-term party, sources claimed.
Selena Lau was killed in a devastating crash at Study Preparatory school on Thursday when the 4×4 ploughed through the gathering.
A second eight-year-old girl and a woman in her 40s are both fighting for their lives as a police investigation continues into the accident.
Police yesterday released a woman on bail after a £70,000 Land Rover careered off the road and slammed into kids playing on the grass outside the Study Preparatory school, Wimbledon.
Now a source has said the driver of the powerful Land Rover Defender had suffered a seizure moments before the incident and bit clean through her tongue.
They told the Sun: ‘The driver was in a delirious condition and had bitten through her tongue.
‘She’d stopped outside the school but the car took off as if the driver had suddenly floored the accelerator.
‘At this point, the police believe she had some kind of seizure just before the accident.
‘Yesterday teachers at the £16,000-a-year school yesterday returned to the school to console each other, hugging and crying.
And devastated friends laid flowers at the gate where the powerful Land Rover Defender veered off the road to cause carnage.
A woman – who had a black eye and her arm in a sling – laid a bouquet of roses at the school in south west London with a tribute.
In a note, she said: ‘You will always be our shining star. We will miss you so much.’
Another hand-written message said: ‘Rip darling… So sorry this happened to you, may you rest peacefully.’
Detective Chief Superintendent Clair Kelland, local policing commander for south-west London, said: ‘It is difficult to imagine the pain and upset the families of those involved are going through and we will do all we can to support them as our investigation continues.
‘I know the impact of this tragic incident is also being felt in the wider community and we are working with our partners to ensure the appropriate support is in place.
‘This was the largest local policing deployment in south-west London since 2017 and our officers, along with members of the other emergency services, were met with a challenging and traumatic scene.
‘I understand many people will want answers about how this happened and there is a team of detectives working to establish the circumstances. I would ask the community to avoid speculating on a possible cause whilst these enquiries are carried out.’
