Victims of crash had been aged between 4 and 18 years outdated, US authorities say.
4 individuals, together with youngsters, had been killed when a automobile drove into an after-school camp in a village exterior Chicago, the USA, authorities have mentioned.
The deceased, who had been aged between 4 and 18 years, had been killed after the car drove into the east aspect of a constructing housing the YNOT After Faculty Camp in Chatham, Illinois, police mentioned in a press release on Monday.
“The car struck a number of individuals exterior of the constructing earlier than persevering with via the constructing. The car additionally struck a number of individuals inside [the] constructing earlier than exiting via the west wall of the construction,” police mentioned.
“A number of further 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 car had no obvious accidents and was transported to a close-by hospital for analysis, based on police.
It was not instantly clear what brought about the crash, and authorities didn’t specify whether or not they imagine it was intentional or an accident.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker mentioned he was “horrified” and “deeply saddened” by the incident.
“Our neighborhood misplaced a bunch of vibrant and harmless younger individuals with their entire lives forward of them,” Pritzker mentioned in a press release posted on X.
“Dad and mom mentioned goodbye to their children this morning not realizing it could be the final time. My coronary heart is heavy for these households and the unimaginable grief they’re experiencing – one thing that no mother or father ought to must endure.”
The crash is the newest in a sequence of current incidents involving individuals driving autos into teams of individuals.
On Saturday, 11 individuals had been killed and 32 others injured when an SUV sped down a crowded road throughout a Filipino heritage pageant 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, based on 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 12 months’s Eve celebrations.
The FBI mentioned it discovered weapons and an ISIL (ISIS) flag within the car of the suspect, 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, after he was shot useless by cops responding to the scene.
