The driver of a vehicle that allegedly killed two 8-year-old girls after plowing straight into a primary school in southwest London, England, will face no charges, herself the victim of an unpredictable epileptic seizure, the investigation revealed.
“Since there is no indication that the driver could have done anything to predict or prevent this tragedy, it is not in the public interest to pursue criminal charges,” the Crown Attorney General said on Wednesday. , Jaswant Narwal, according to “The Independent”.
A year after the death of little Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau, killed on July 6, the Crown Prosecution Service announced that it will not bring any prosecution against Claire Freemantle, who was behind the wheel during the ‘impact.
That day, the woman was driving near Wimbledon Primary School when she allegedly lost control of her vehicle, which veered out of its lane and crashed straight into the school after crashing into a fence, killing the two girls. and injuring several others.
However, the investigation of her medical file revealed that the woman had no history of epileptic seizures, and that this was a first episode of this type, according to the neurologists assigned to her file. She also had no memory of the incident.
“The devastating consequences for everyone affected have not left my thoughts and will be with me for the rest of my life. I have since been diagnosed with an epileptic seizure with loss of consciousness. It was not a pre-existing condition,” lamented the driver with “the deepest sorrow” for the families involved.
“As a mother, I understand that there cannot be words to adequately express the pain and loss resulting from what happened in those horrific moments while I was unconscious,” she said. -she continued, according to “The Independent”.
Despite this, the families of the little victims said they doubted the rigor of the investigation, deploring that justice “was not done and does not seem to be done today” for the little girls who “deserved better”. they said, adding their voice in a press release.
But the families’ lawyer, Trevor Sterling, does not plan to stop there, even though he would have called for a thorough examination of the evidence, so that it can be called into question and even “examined by a jury if necessary”, a- he insisted.
