Update - published at 10:38am, 6th March 2025
Police can confirm that a child who died following a collision in Kendal was a ten-year-old girl.
Specialist officers are continuing to support her family, who are from Kendal.
Officers were contacted at 4:58pm yesterday (5 March) with a report of a collision involving a black BMW i4 and two children on a sports pitch at Kendal Rugby Union Football Club, Shap Road.
The second child, an eight-year-old girl from Kendal, was taken to hospital for treatment. Her injuries are not life-threatening.
At this time, there is no indication to suggest that this incident was a deliberate act.
A 40-year-old man, from Lancaster, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. He remains in police custody.
Investigative enquiries are continuing to establish the full circumstances of this incident and to inform a future coronial process.
A multi-agency response will continue today to support people affected by this incident.
Anyone who directly witnessed the collision is asked to contact police by reporting online at www.cumbria.police.uk/report-it, quoting incident number 195 of 5 March. You can also call 101.
Initial message - published at 6:18pm, 5th March 2025
Emergency services are in attendance at a serious collision in Kendal.
Police were contacted at 4:58pm today (5 March) with a report of a collision involving a car and two children on a pitch at Kendal Rugby Union Football Club on Shap Road.
Police can confirm that one of the children involved has sadly died.
The second child involved in this collision is being treated by paramedics.
Immediate family members of both respective children have been informed.
Specialist investigators are at the scene and the area has been cordoned off as initial investigation enquiries take place.
The driver of the car, a man aged in his 40s, has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. The car involved was a black BMW i40.
Police are treating this collision as an isolated incident and there is no suggestion at this time that this is terror-related.
Anyone who witnessed the collision is asked to contact police by reporting online at www.cumbria.police.uk/report-it, quoting incident number 195 of 5 March.