The families of the two eight-year-old pupils killed in a crash on July 6 last year say some of them will never experience joy again. Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau died after the crash at The Study Prep school in Wimbledon when a Land Rover driver had a seizure and lost control..
Several others were also injured when the 4×4 crashed through a fence and collided with a building. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) says the driver has voluntarily surrendered her licence and, following her diagnosis, will need to be a year free of any seizures before she can reapply to the DVLA for one again. The driver, Claire Freemantle, expressed her 'deepest sorrow' and said she had 'no recollection of what took place' after losing consciousness because of an epileptic seizure at the wheel.
READ MORE: Strangler blames kitten after smashing into ex-girlfriend's home and throttling her 'for a cuddle' 'Nuria and Selena’s lives were taken in a moment' Sajjad Butt, Smera Chohan, Franky Lau and Jessie Deng – the parents of Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau who died when a Land Rover ploughed into their school – said in a shared statement: “All the victims of the events of July 6, 2023, did nothing wrong. We were all in the safest place we could have been outside our own homes. We were celebrating a day filled with joy.
“Nuria and Selena’s lives were taken in a moment. So many lives were also irreparably shattered in that moment. Hundreds of people – parents, teachers, children, neighbours, .