"The what ifs crush you' Parents suffer from police silence over child's death
The Guardian|April 29, 2024
The question "what if?" plagues Smera Chohan and her husband, Sajjad Butt.
Emily Dugan
"The what ifs crush you' Parents suffer from police silence over child's death

 

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 died as a result of the collision while Chohan was left with 10 broken bones and the overwhelming grief of losing her only child.

Slow progress in the police investigation means that 10 months after the girls' deaths, their families still have no answers as to what happened.

Speaking at their home in south-west London, Nuria's father said: "In the absence of concrete answers, in the absence of steps moving forward, we're left to ponder this 'what if?' - and the 'what ifs', they crush you."

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