Victims of crash had been aged between 4 and 18 years previous, US authorities say.
4 individuals, together with kids, had been killed when a automobile drove into an after-school camp in a village outdoors Chicago, the US, authorities have stated.
The deceased, who had been aged between 4 and 18 years, had been killed after the automobile drove into the east facet of a constructing housing the YNOT After Faculty Camp in Chatham, Illinois, police stated in a press release on Monday.
“The automobile struck a number of individuals outdoors of the constructing earlier than persevering with by way of the constructing. The automobile additionally struck a number of individuals inside [the] constructing earlier than exiting by way of the west wall of the construction,” police stated.
“A number of extra people have been transferred to native space hospitals by ambulance and one by a life flight helicopter,” police added.
The motive force and sole occupant of the automobile had no obvious accidents and was transported to a close-by hospital for analysis, in response to police.
It was not instantly clear what brought on the crash, and authorities didn’t specify whether or not they imagine it was intentional or an accident.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker stated he was “horrified” and “deeply saddened” by the incident.
“Our neighborhood misplaced a gaggle of vivid and harmless younger individuals with their entire lives forward of them,” Pritzker stated in a press release posted on X.
“Mother and father stated goodbye to their children this morning not understanding it might be the final time. My coronary heart is heavy for these households and the unimaginable grief they’re experiencing – one thing that no dad or mum ought to should endure.”
The crash is the newest in a sequence of latest incidents involving individuals driving automobiles into teams of individuals.
On Saturday, 11 individuals had been killed and 32 others injured when an SUV sped down a crowded avenue throughout a Filipino heritage competition in Vancouver, Canada.
Kai-Ji Adam Lo, a 30-year-old Vancouver resident, has been charged with eight counts of second-degree homicide over the incident, in response to prosecutors.
On January 1, 14 individuals had been killed within the US metropolis of New Orleans when a person ploughed his pick-up truck right into a crowd participating in New Yr’s Eve celebrations.
The FBI stated it discovered weapons and an ISIL (ISIS) flag within the automobile of the suspect, 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, after he was shot useless by cops responding to the scene.
