How could this motorist have remapped into this vacation camp? Vagueness and stupor remain the day after the drama, which left four dead in a building that houses an extracurricular leisure center in Chatham, between the cities of Chicago and Saint-Louis in Illinois, in the northeast of the United States.
The state governor, JB Pritzker, said it was a statement about X “horrified and deeply sad.”
“The parents said goodbye to their children this morning without knowing that it would be the last time. My heart is heavy for these families and the unimaginable sadness that experience something that no father should have to endure,” he wrote.
The authorities were alerted at 3:20 pm The locals (10:20 pm French hour) on Monday after a motorist returned to a nursery before crossing it and getting the other side. The vehicle hit three people outside, and one, mortal, within the structure, indicates the city police department.
The hospitalized suspect
At the moment, the police have not communicated information about the circumstances of the facts, which does not know if the accident is intentional or not. Illinois police launched an investigation that will have to shed light on the facts.
“The driver and the only occupant in the vehicle were injured and transported to a hospital in the sector,” police said after the drama.
His identity was not communicated and the police did not specify whether the driver of the vehicle had been arrested or put into police custody after his hospitalization, reports the American news agency Associated Press.
Four deceased minors
Four minors died, the authorities announced at a press conference given after the events. The victims, all women according to NBC News, were between 4 and 18 years old, according to a statement from the Illinois state police. The autopsies are underway and the identity of the victims will be known once their families have been informed, specify the NBC news.
Several other people were injured during the incident. The seriousness of their wounds is unknown, but several of them have been hospitalized and one was evacuated by helicopter.
“Our community has lost a group of brilliant and innocent young people who had life in front of them,” said Illinois governor JB Pritzker, in his press release published in X.
Created in 2002, the establishment is not a “summer camp”, according to their website, which “allows parents to place their children in a safe, fun, active and stimulating environment.”
The extracurricular, paid and religious camp does not offer outdoor activity programs for children, especially exits such as hiking or cyclists and fishing.
“Pray for the families of Ynot Chatham and our staff. We will need it,” he read the site home page. The Chatham police service also asked people to pray for the community in a publication published on Facebook.
Source: BFM TV
