Why is the Wimbledon school crash investigation not getting more attention?

[Eesha]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15731159/Eleven-Met-Officers-probed-Wimbledon-crash-killed-schoolgirls.html

Why isnt this bigger news? This school is similar to mine, and it seems like they have great lawyers who got her off.

Source? Cos if it's that AI blog then it's a load of nonsense. LGS is not something she'd have been able to hide.

It's also quite normal for seizures to last less than a minute, so this just doesn't tell us anything

Yea impact with the bumper ca be fatal for kids

Their poor little bodies didn’t stand a chance 😞

let alone all the other people majorly injured

and people trying to say the families are making a meal of it!

lost only child on horrific circumstances and have your own life changing injuries

I think you are mixing up the media coverage - it was one of the victim's mothers who was on the board of governors at the school....

Where are you getting this utter nonsense from? This is the type of post that should be removed imo, it’s utter fantasy, sailing close to the wind on prejudicial and is a reputational risk for MN.

If it’s utter fantasy it’s ok

why do people keep trying to shut conversation down????

A mumset thread of speculation is not going to prejudice any jury - we are discussing the days developing news

stop panicking or don’t join in

I’m not panicking because I’m not saying anything ridiculous. I think posts like that will result in the thread being pulled. So if you want to continue to discuss it, it makes sense to not want those kinds of posts. It’s not adding anything to the discussion is it?

Well it is for me - and the whole of that post is public knowledge - I found it interesting

why are you worried about ridiculous comments

look a mumsnet discussion of the days news is not like a report front page in the mirror etc for goodness sake

It’s not public knowledge, it’s factually incorrect. I personally don’t see the value in discussing made up nonsense, but if you want to then of course knock yourself out.

I hope she wasn't on the phone?

I do not think as yet that we have a full understanding of exactly what happened here and this will come out at trial. At a surface level it does look as if Police offers accepted a very surface level expectation without doing any digging and that it has taken a considerable campaign by the parents to get any form of investigation.

I take back the epilepsy diagnosis. Other reports say her medical records contained no mention of seizures. You're right, I was looking at mixed sources.

She and her husband have consistently supported children's charities and she's shown special interest in early education, so she may well have served as a governor.

I've been assuming she was tested for alcohol and drugs ... but perhaps she wasn't? Something made her veer off the road like that, it wasn't a simple swerve or skid.

Do you seriously think if she was on her phone she would’ve crashed through a hedge, a field, a children’s picnic then crashed into a building without reacting? Carried on whasapping?

not sure what you mean. It's possible she was on the phone and wasn't concentrating . It wouldn't be the first time an accident has happened that way.
I'm sure they will be able to prove that one though either way.

Super injunctions are meaningless these days. Her photo and details have been visisble to anyone who knows how to use google ever since the original incident. Not in UK news websites perhaps, but certainly on sites outwith the jurisdiction of the English courts such as Reddit.

Actually i think i am wrong, one of the victim's mums was i think chair of PTA, not a governor. (Keen not to add more nonsense to this thread!)

the police have said she made no attempt to break. That doesn’t align with a phone distraction

I don’t think there is any way in the world she had a super injunction

Statement from her solicitor today (on LBC). Obviously only their version of events but would be remarkably stupid to say anything that could be disproven in court.

“Moments before the crash Claire suffered an epileptic seizure with loss of consciousness and memory. This diagnosis was not offered by Claire herself or made by an expert instructed by Claire but by an independent medical expert instructed by the police.

"Witnesses at the scene have been quoted in the media as describing Claire as being delirious and having bitten through her tongue, characteristic of those who have just suffered an epileptic fit.

"Paramedics who saw her immediately afterwards described her as being in the ‘postictal state’ also symptomatic of those who have just suffered an epileptic fit.

“Claire offered the police her full medical records. The police confirmed these medical records showed that she had never previously suffered any symptoms of epilepsy. The CPS decision at that time was not to charge Claire because there was no element of legal culpability.

“Throughout this second investigation, no further medical evidence has been submitted to contradict the diagnosis of epilepsy. We can, however, confirm that since 6 July 2023, Claire has suffered further seizures. The police are aware of these. She remains under medical care and treatment for her condition.”

Ah there you go - being demeaning as you can’t get your own way and influence what we discuss

it is public knowledge - taken direct from a website vocal voice or something - doesn’t mean it’s true but it wasn’t made up by poster

just chat to people you want to and leave us alone - you don’t get to censor our chats

you are contradicting yourself - saying don’t discuss and watch out you could prejudice case and then saying what we are discussing isn’t true so therefore it couldn’t do what you think

why are you so bothered? Go and chat with who you want

Obv very biased

I thought that tongue thing was very old school

I don’t believe a word of it!

Or maybe they have found out she’d had suspicions and discussed with people 🤷🏻‍♀️

Yes. Drivers who are distracted frequently panic when they have a collision. They let go of the wheel, they freeze up, they hit the accelerator instead of the brake. Hitting the curb unexpectedly while distracted could easily result in any or all of these reactions. The time between hitting the curb and hitting the building was a couple of seconds (assuming she was not exceeding the speed limit).

When driving an extremely heavy vehicle with high clearance and big tyres the results can be disastrous as obstructions that would stop a normal-sized car are simply barged through or rolled over.

The driver has been charged:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2026d7586zo