Wimbledon school crash: Nine injured after car crashes into school

Seven children and two adults have been injured after a car crashed into a primary school building in Wimbledon, south-west London.

The Met Police said officers were called to reports a Land Rover had crashed into The Study Preparatory School in Camp Road at about 10:00 BST.

Several people are being treated by paramedics and an air ambulance is at the scene.

The school is for girls aged 4 to 11 and is located near Wimbledon Common.

The Met Police said the injured include two adults and seven children, adding: “We await further updates on their conditions.

“The driver of the vehicle stopped at the scene. There have been no arrests.”

In aerial images, a stationary gold-coloured Land Rover can be seen on school grounds, surrounded by plastic sheets and cordons.

The Met added it was not treating the incident as terror-related.

“An investigation is under way to understand the full circumstances of what has taken place,” it said.

London Fire Brigade is also at the scene.

MP for Wimbledon Stephen Hammond says a major incident has been declared.

“It’s extremely distressing and extremely concerning,” he told BBC Radio London.

“There are a number of casualties.”

He described the location as “really quite remote”, adding it is situated roughly a mile from Wimbledon village and on the way to several nearby golf clubs.

He added on Twitter: “My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone at The Study.”

The school, which costs £5,565 per term, is for girls aged four to 11 and sits on Wimbledon Common, just a mile away from the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club as it hosts the world-famous tennis tournament.

Wimbledon and Putney Commons Conservators advised the public to stay away from part of the commons.

They said: “Following an incident at the edge of [Wimbledon] Common on Camp Road, the public are asked to avoid that area of the Commons to allow free access to the emergency services.”