Victims of crash have been aged between 4 and 18 years previous, US authorities say.
4 individuals, together with kids, have been killed when a automobile drove into an after-school camp in a village outdoors Chicago, the US, authorities have mentioned.
The deceased, who have been aged between 4 and 18 years, have been killed after the automobile drove into the east aspect of a constructing housing the YNOT After College Camp in Chatham, Illinois, police mentioned in an announcement on Monday.
“The automobile struck a number of individuals outdoors of the constructing earlier than persevering with by the constructing. The automobile additionally struck a number of individuals inside [the] constructing earlier than exiting by the west wall of the construction,” police mentioned.
“A number of extra people have been transferred to native space hospitals by ambulance and one by a life flight helicopter,” police added.
The driving force and sole occupant of the automobile had no obvious accidents and was transported to a close-by hospital for analysis, in accordance with police.
It was not instantly clear what brought on the crash, and authorities didn’t specify whether or not they consider it was intentional or an accident.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker mentioned he was “horrified” and “deeply saddened” by the incident.
“Our neighborhood misplaced a gaggle of brilliant and harmless younger individuals with their complete lives forward of them,” Pritzker mentioned in an announcement posted on X.
“Dad and mom mentioned 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 mum or dad ought to must endure.”
The crash is the newest in a sequence of latest incidents involving individuals driving automobiles into teams of individuals.
On Saturday, 11 individuals have 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 accordance with prosecutors.
On January 1, 14 individuals have been killed within the US metropolis of New Orleans when a person ploughed his pick-up truck right into a crowd collaborating in New 12 months’s Eve celebrations.
The FBI mentioned 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 law enforcement officials responding to the scene.