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| 'Sheer panic' as child killed by car on Kendal sports pitch | |
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| Metal fencing around the pitch at Kendal rugby club was left buckled and broken | |
| People have described a scene of "sheer panic" as a car crashed through a fence and on to a sports pitch, killing a child and injuring another. | |
| The pair were struck at Kendal rugby club at about 17:00 GMT on Wednesday, Cumbria Police said. | The pair were struck at Kendal rugby club at about 17:00 GMT on Wednesday, Cumbria Police said. |
| Eyewitness Scott Denney said it "all happened very fast", adding: "Just as we got on to the pitch, a car came through the barriers at the top and then landed on the pitch." | |
| A male driver, who is aged in his 40s, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. | |
| Mr Denney, whose son attends the GT7 Football Academy which holds training sessions at the rugby club, said he had "no idea" how the car got on to the field. | |
| "It was just sheer panic. It was just not very nice at all. | |
| "The children were obviously scared but the coaches dealt with it really, really well." | |
| He said staff got the children off the field and out of view of the crash site, and added: "Last night there was a lot of families here that pulled together to give support to the mum and dad and friends of the [victims]." | |
| A police presence remained into the night at the rugby club | |
| Tim Farron, the MP for the area, said news of the crash was "utterly devastating". | |
| "There was this shared sense of utter shock and horror, the whole town is utterly, utterly devastated by this," he said. | |
| A police presence remained at the rugby club into the night. | |
| The Reverend Canon Shanthi Thompson said Kendal is a "close community" | The Reverend Canon Shanthi Thompson said Kendal is a "close community" |
| The Reverend Canon Shanthi Thompson, from Kendal Parish Church, said a moment of silence was held after its Ash Wednesday service "because it's so hard to find the words to say at a time like this". | The Reverend Canon Shanthi Thompson, from Kendal Parish Church, said a moment of silence was held after its Ash Wednesday service "because it's so hard to find the words to say at a time like this". |
| "Kendal is a very close community and many, many people will have links to the rugby club and people will know the children involved," she told BBC Radio Cumbria. | "Kendal is a very close community and many, many people will have links to the rugby club and people will know the children involved," she told BBC Radio Cumbria. |
| At the scene | At the scene |
| Jennie Dennett, BBC Radio Cumbria | Jennie Dennett, BBC Radio Cumbria |
| The sunrise here is lighting the frosty pitch and the very wrong sight of two buckled fence panels that are pitchside, opposite the clubhouse car park. | The sunrise here is lighting the frosty pitch and the very wrong sight of two buckled fence panels that are pitchside, opposite the clubhouse car park. |
| The green panels have bent right over in front of the drop down to the pitch and there is blue and white police tape across the gap in the fence. | The green panels have bent right over in front of the drop down to the pitch and there is blue and white police tape across the gap in the fence. |
| It's an indication of the awful consequences of yesterday's crash. | It's an indication of the awful consequences of yesterday's crash. |
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