The Land Rover driver at the heart of the Wimbledon school crash investigation could have had a seizure before the incident, it is understood.

A source said the 46-year-old, who lives locally, was found to be “delirious” and had bitten through her own tongue following the horror which killed an eight-year-old girl.

The car hit young Selena Lau who died at the scene and left another eight-year-old girl and a woman in her 40s in critical condition.

Police think the woman’s state after the crash supports the theory she had a medical episode before her Land Rover smashed through fencing and into The Study Prep School where an end-of-term tea party was taking place at a picnic table.

A total of sixteen people were hurt during the crash, including a seven-month-old baby girl.

One source said: “The driver was in a delirious condition and had bitten through her tongue.

“She’d stopped outside the school but the car took off as if the driver had suddenly floored the accelerator.

“At this point the police believe she had some kind of seizure just before the accident.”

Teachers, children and parents who were at the picnic table scattered as the two-and-a-half-ton vehicle drove through the lawn toward them.

The driver was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

She was treated in hospital before she spent the night in a cell and was then bailed pending inquiries.

A spokesman for the Met’s Serious Collision Investigation Unit, which is looking into the woman’s medical background, said: “The investigation is in its early stages and our officers are keeping an open mind.”

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