Holger Rune heard the news from his mother.
Holger Rune was shocked. EPA / AOP
Just a kilometer from the Wimbledon tennis courts, a 46-year-old woman crashed her car into the wall of a primary school.
At least 15 children and adults were injured. However, an eight-year-old girl died in the accident. The police suspect that the woman had a seizure while driving.
The news of the accident also reached the ears of Danish tennis star Holger Rune.
– My mother told me. I don’t usually read the news, but this is terrible, he said For Esktrabladet.
– I told my mother that this is completely crazy. Wimbledon is usually quiet and peaceful. I thought this could have happened where I grew up, which is Skovshoved.
The woman was arrested and the police have already questioned her. Another eight-year-old child and a 40-year-old woman also suffered life-threatening injuries in the accident.
– This is incredibly unfortunate and terrible, Rune commented.
The woman hit a private school for girls between the ages of 4 and 11 with her car. According to Ekstarbladet, the children were playing on the grass at the time of the incident.
Rune will meet the Spaniard in the third round of Wimbledon Alejandro Fokina.