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4 children dormant aft car crashes into after-school campy successful Chatham, Illinois
The operator successful a clang that killed 4 children astatine an after-school programme successful downstate Chatham, Illinois, has been identified, Illinois State Police said.
State constabulary were called to YNOT Outdoors Summer and After School campy astatine astir 3:20 p.m. Monday erstwhile a car crashed into the eastbound broadside of the building.
The car struck respective radical extracurricular the gathering earlier plowing done it, hitting galore inside. It yet broke done the other broadside of the gathering and came to a stop.
Tuesday morning, authorities constabulary identified the operator arsenic 44-year-old Marianne Akers of Chatham, Illinois. State constabulary said she is not presently successful custody arsenic their probe into the clang continues.
Four girls – 2 7-year-olds, an 8-year-old and an 18-year-old – were killed. Six further children were injured. Most were taken to section hospitals by ambulance but 1 had to beryllium taken by a beingness formation helicopter. One unfortunate remained successful captious information Tuesday morning.
State constabulary said they bash not judge the clang was a targeted attack.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said helium was "horrified and profoundly saddened" by the deadly incident. "Our assemblage mislaid a radical of agleam and guiltless young radical with their full lives up of them," Pritzker wrote successful a post connected X. "My bosom is dense for these families and the unimaginable grief they are experiencing — thing that nary genitor should ever person to endure."
Chatham is astir 12 miles southbound of Springfield successful Sangamon County. It is not to beryllium confused with the South Side Chicago vicinity of Chatham.
Illinois State Police did not merchandise immoderate further details Tuesday morning, oregon accidental whether immoderate charges against Akers were pending. State constabulary said she was not injured and was taken to a section infirmary for evaluation. Toxicology reports are pending, authorities constabulary said Tuesday morning.
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Sara Tenenbaum is the Senior Digital Producer for CBS News Chicago covering breaking, section and assemblage quality successful Chicago. She antecedently worked arsenic a integer shaper and elder integer shaper for ABC7 Chicago.
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