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Girl, 12, in serious condition after accident in Beaconsfield

9:42am Monday 6th July 2009 in


A 12-year-old girl is in serious but stable condition after being an accident involving a car in Beaconsfield town centre this morning.

The Beaconsfield School pupil was airlifted to Wexham Park Hospital, Slough with serious injuries at about 10am.

Police said: "Her injuries are not thought to be life threatening."

She was hit by a gold Land Rover Freelander at about 9am in Station Road, where an air ambulance landed around 15 minutes later.

The road was closed but has now re-opened.

Eyewitness Stacey Winterton, 18, of Candlemas Mead, Beaconsfield said: "I just saw the girl bolt foward. She had an orange Sainsbury's bag and it went flying.

Miss Winterton, a stylist at Emile De Londres on Station Road, said: "She was just screaming, I have never heard a scream like that before.

"I froze and ran over to her."

"I was shocked because she was the same age as my sister."

The driver was spoken to by police at the scene. Nobody has been arrested.

She said the driver, a woman, was slapped by another woman, a pedestrian, after the collision.

Acting headteacher Nigel Dudding said the girl was a year seven pupil.

He said: "We are concerned about it and our thoughts are with her and the family.

"We hope she makes a speedy recovery."

Anyone with information on the incident can contact Sgt Michelle Ryan on 08458 505 505

Have you been affected by this story? Email your comments and photographs to bfpnews@london.newsquest.co.uk.

Comments(14)

Gyno says...
12:09pm Mon 6 Jul 09

Right under the CCTV cameras. Should make interesting viewing.

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vocal local says...
1:24pm Mon 6 Jul 09

Really hope that the girl is ok.

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Lillymoe says...
1:31pm Mon 6 Jul 09

Poor girl. But not much info here, did the girl step out into the traffic, was she on the crossing ? was it a red light ? etc etc. I dont think anyone will be able to comment on whos fault and point the finger until this article has more info, as I know most readers on here will always point the finger at the driver !! Lets all remind ourselves that predestrians are not always cleaver either.

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andy40 says...
1:37pm Mon 6 Jul 09

She should have been in school.

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SDJones says...
2:17pm Mon 6 Jul 09

sounds rather violent with a lot of slapping going on, why would you do that? its not going to help the girl that got knocked over

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DeepThinker says...
2:24pm Mon 6 Jul 09

"Andy40" says she should have been in school. Why? Maybe she was on her way after going to the doctors.

Anyway, shouldn't you have been doing some work instead of surfing the internet?

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charliebear says...
7:47pm Mon 6 Jul 09

Right back at you DeepThinker!

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tammy.hunter says...
9:52pm Mon 6 Jul 09

I am the girls Aunty. Thank you for all your kind words, she is in hospital and her leg is pretty bad. @ANDY40 The accident happened at 8:30 while she was on her way TO BLOODY school like most newspapers they are going to get things wrong, in this case it was the times!!!!

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SDJones says...
10:17pm Mon 6 Jul 09

hi tammy, i really hope your neice is ok and makes a good recovery how awful for her and the family to have to go through this, best wishes.

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ferrellcat says...
1:36am Tue 7 Jul 09

SDJones wrote:
sounds rather violent with a lot of slapping going on, why would you do that? its not going to help the girl that got knocked over
I agree totally. How outragious. That driver must have been already devestated

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Anita21072 says...
12:35pm Tue 7 Jul 09

Hope this poor girl makes a rapid recovery. She is in my thoughts, I have a daughter the same age and my 14 year old son was hit by a car whilst riding his bike almost a fortnight ago. Thankfully he wasn't badly hurt but at the time I was hysterical so I know how the family feel. My thoughts and prayers are with the whole family. Get Well soon x x

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Anita21072 says...
12:35pm Tue 7 Jul 09

Hope this poor girl makes a rapid recovery. She is in my thoughts, I have a daughter the same age and my 14 year old son was hit by a car whilst riding his bike almost a fortnight ago. Thankfully he wasn't badly hurt but at the time I was hysterical so I know how the family feel. My thoughts and prayers are with the whole family. Get Well soon x x

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Jam20 says...
1:37pm Tue 7 Jul 09

I think, from the sounds of things, the driver wasnt slapped in an act of aggression - most likely because she was hysterical after hitting a young girl.

I hope she gets better soon x

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Bergkamp24 says...
2:41pm Tue 7 Jul 09

I saw the accident and was the 1st to call the ambulance. The poor girl was in a bad way. The woman who slapped the driver was completely out of order and didn't do it to calm the driver down, she was just being a headcase, she said to her "look what you've done you idiot, she'll be in a wheelchair for 13 weeks now!" she was not helping the situation at all. It all happend so quickly I cannot say it the lights were red or green, or indeed whether the girl walked into the road or the car failed to stop, I just really hope she gets better soon.

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