Child who died in Kendal sports pitch car collision named as Poppy Atkinson

Poppy Atkinson’s family have paid tribute to her life after she died in a collision in Kendal. Photograph: Cumbria Police

The child who died in a car collision at a sports pitch in Kendal, Cumbria, has been named as 10-year-old Poppy Atkinson.

Officers were called to Kendal rugby union football club in Shap Road just before 5pm on Wednesday after receiving reports of a collision involving a black BMW i4 and two children on a sports pitch, where children were playing football.