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Families of Wimbledon school crash victims call for quicker investigations into child road deaths

Source: PA

A lawyer for the families of two eight-year-old girls killed when a car ploughed into their school has called for cases involving child fatalities to be prioritised over other crash investigations.

In an open letter to London Mayor Sadiq Khan, solicitor Trevor Sterling said a lack of resources is slowing down police investigations into road deaths.

He is representingin , south London, in July last year, as well as 20 others who were also affected by the crash.

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