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Woman charged over death of two eight-year-old girls after Wimbledon car crash

the Guardian·PA Media·about 1 month ago
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The driver of a 4×4 that crashed into a south-east London primary school has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after two eight-year-old girls were killed. Claire Freemantle, 49, is accused of two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and seven counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving following the incident at The Study Prep school in Wimbledon in July 2023. Schoolgirls Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau died in the incident as the school was celebrating the last day of the summer term. Freemantle’s lawyers have said she will plead not guilty to the charges when she appears at Westminster magistrates court on 16 June The charges come after the girls’ families criticised the Metropolitan police for its investigation into the crash, with the force saying in June 2024 that the driver had suffered an epileptic seizure and would face no criminal charges. Freemantle was rearrested and released under investigation in January last year.…

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