LONDON, 10th July, 2023 (WAM) -- A second eight-year-old girl has died after a car crashed into a building at a south London primary school on Thursday, Reuters reported on Sunday.

Pupils had been holding an end-of-term tea party with parents and teachers in the garden of Study Prep School in Wimbledon, less than a mile from the site of the ongoing tennis tournament, local media reported.

The driver of a car, a 46-year old woman from the area, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, police said.