Child dies following a collision on a rugby pitch in Cumbria
Emergency services have been responding to the fatal collision in Kendal
Last updated 5th Mar 2025
Emergency services are at the scene of a fatal collision in Kendal.
Police were contacted at 4:58pm today (5th 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.