10-Year-Old Girl Killed After Car Drives onto Soccer Field Midway Through Training Game: 'Sheer Panic'

Mar. 15, 2025

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A 10-year-old girl has died after a car drove through a fence and onto a soccer field during a training game in Kendal, England.

The police confirmed that the 10-year-old was killed, while the second child, an 8-year-old girl, was taken to the hospital where she is being treated for injuries that “are not life-threatening.”

The police also said “there is no indication” to suggest that this incident was deliberate.

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Witness Scott Denney told theBBCthat it  “all happened very fast.”

“Just as we got on to the pitch, a car came through the barriers at the top and then landed on the pitch,” he said.

“It was just sheer panic,” Denney continued. “The children were obviously scared but the coaches dealt with it really, really well.”

He added that staff took the children away from the crash site and off the field.

“Last night there was a lot of families here that pulled together to give support to the mum and dad and friends of the little girl,” Denney said.

source: people.com