The Metropolitan police have identified the eight-year-old girl killed on Thursday as Selena Lau. Lau died after a Land Rover crashed through a school gate in south-west London.
Lau was “adored and loved by everyone”, her family has said. She was “an intelligent and cheeky girl”, they added.
After a car slammed into The Study Preparatory School’s premises, several people, including a seven-month-old girl, were rushed to the hospital. A 40-year-old woman and an eight-year-old kid are still in a critical state. The car’s 46-year-old driver was arrested on suspicion of causing a fatality while driving recklessly. He was later released on bail until late July.
The family paid tribute to the schoolgirl in a statement issued through the Met Police and posted a photo of Selena in her uniform.
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They said: “Selena was an intelligent and cheeky girl adored and loved by everyone. The family wishes their privacy to be respected at this sad time”.
The school where the police cordon was lifted on Friday received flowers and tributes.
A woman who had a sling on her arm wrote a note with flowers that said, “Dear Selena, you will always be our shining star. We will miss you so much.”
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The Land Rover plowed through the gate when an end-of-term tea party was being held at the school.
Family liaison officers are providing assistance to the families of both the eight-year-old girl who passed away and the child who is in a life-threatening situation.
16 people were treated after the incident by London Ambulance Service, which dispatched 15 ambulances to the scene. Twelve people were hospitalized.
A local teacher, who wished to remain unnamed, claimed that one of her friends’ children attended the school and had fractures and a fractured pelvis among other injuries.
