Girl, 8, dies, 16 others injured after Land Rover crashes into primary school in Wimbledon

A Land Rover Defender is seen inside the grounds of The Study Preparatory School in Camp Road, Wimbledon, where it has collided with a primary school building. Officers, firefighters and paramedics, including London’s Air Ambulance, responded to the incident at around 9.54am on Thursday. Photo: Victoria Jones/PA Wire

The girl who died after a Land Rover crashed into a girls’ prep school in Wimbledon on Thursday was eight years old, Detective Chief Superintendent Clair Kelland told a press conference at the scene

The Metropolitan Police said a woman in her 40s has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after the incident at The Study Preparatory School in Camp Road, Wimbledon, on Thursday.