Seven kids and two adults have been injured on Thursday when a automobile crashed into a personal elementary college for ladies within the southwestern London suburb of Wimbledon, the authorities mentioned.
The police and emergency providers have been known as to the varsity, known as the Research Prep, simply earlier than 10 a.m. after reviews of a collision at a college constructing, officers mentioned, and ambulances handled the injured on the scene.
The crash, a couple of mile from the place the Wimbledon tennis match was being held, was not being handled as terrorism-related, the Metropolitan Police, the drive that covers London, mentioned in an announcement.
The driving force of the automobile — a Land Rover, based on aerial images — was not arrested.
Though the authorities didn’t instantly describe the situation of these injured, helicopter ambulances, that are typically known as out solely to deal with the critically damage, have been in attendance.
The police cordoned off surrounding streets and urged the general public to keep away from the realm to ease entry for emergency providers. Firefighters have been additionally on the scene.
The Research Prep, in a quiet residential space of London near parks and a golf course, presents courses to women aged 4 to 11. The college’s web site lists its charges as about $21,000 per yr.
The Metropolitan Police mentioned that officers had opened an investigation to grasp “the total circumstances” that led to the crash.
Most college students in Britain end courses this month for the summer season trip. Stephen Hammond, the member of Parliament whose district contains Wimbledon, instructed the BBC that the crash was “extraordinarily distressing and intensely regarding.”
Gillian Keegan, the schooling secretary, wrote on Twitter, “My ideas are with households, workers and the neighborhood concerned and I’m massively grateful for the quick motion of the emergency providers who’re at the moment on the scene.”
