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Child killed when car ploughed onto rugby pitch was 10-year-old girl – as 2nd child, 8, in hospital & man, 40, arrested


A CHILD who died after she was struck by a car on a sports pitch was a 10-year-old girl.

Officers were called to the collision at Kendal Rugby Club shortly before 5pm on Wednesday.

Police investigating a car crash that killed a child at a rugby club.
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The force confirmed child who died following a collision in Kendal was a ten-year-old girl[/caption]

Flowers and police tape at a sports field following a fatal accident.
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Flowers have been left for a child who died after being hit by a car[/caption]

Police officer investigating a car crash on a soccer field.
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The driver, a man in his 40s, has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving[/caption]

A second child, an eight-year-old girl from Kendal, was also injured and treated by paramedics.

The driver of a black BMW i40, a man in his 40s, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

Cumbria Police are treating the collision as an isolated incident and said there was no suggestion it was terror-related.

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