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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Emily Dugan

‘The what-ifs crush you’: parents suffer as Wimbledon school crash investigation makes slow progress

Nuria Sajjad: she is seen holding the strings of a large handful of balloons and is standing in front of a dark wooden shelf unit where a vase, ornaments and family photographs are displayed; there is a large picture above it. She has long dark hair and is wearing glasses, a hairband, a white shirt and dark cardigan, and is smiling.
Nuria Sajjad, eight, died in July after a vehicle crashed through a fence at her school. Photograph: Family handout

The question “what if?” plagues Smera Chohan and her husband, Sajjad Butt.

Last July, Chohan had just posed for a photograph with their eight-year-old daughter, Nuria, at her school picnic in Wimbledon when a Land Rover crashed through a fence and ploughed into them. Nuria Sajjad and her friend Selena Lau were ultimately killed by the collision while Chohan was left with 10 broken bones and the overwhelming grief of losing her only child.

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