US EditionDriver who killed 4 by smashing through an Illinois after-school camp may have had health emergency
- A car driven by a 44-year-old Chatham woman crashed through a building used for an after-school camp in Chatham, Illinois, on Monday at 3:20 p.m., killing four youths.
- Security footage revealed that the vehicle veered off the road well before the incident and quickly traveled over a field directly toward the building, with no obvious effort to change its course, and officials confirmed the crash did not seem to be deliberate.
- The victims included three children aged seven to eight from Chatham and an 18-year-old from Springfield, while six other children were hospitalized, one in critical condition.
- Jacob Rabin, a 19-year-old former YNOT attendee, said the crash happened at the peak time when students had just disembarked from buses, and community members held a vigil Tuesday evening to mourn.
- Residents expressed deep grief over the loss, with faith leaders and officials offering support, and the incident remains under investigation by state police.
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