At least four children died and six were injured in Illinois, after a car entered a kindergarten

Serious incident in the state of Illinois, where a car entered a kindergarten, killing four children between the ages of 4 and 18 and hurting at least six other people, who were transported to the hospital with the helicopter.

At least four children died in the incident. Photo: video capture

“At this moment, we can confirm that four people between the ages of 4 and 18 are dead”, Killed by a car that entered a Chatham kindergarten, a town in Illinois, said the police in this state in a statement issued on Monday, without specifying whether or not it was about an intentional attack.

According to the American press, the car simply entered the building coming from the building, crossed the kindergarten and came out through the west. One of the victims who died was in the building at the time of the accident, and the other three were out.

The driver, who was the only person in the SUV involved in the accident, was taken to a local hospital for evaluation, but was not injured. Several sources indicate that a woman would have been at the wheel.

The governor of the state of Ilinois, JB Pritzker, sent on the X platform a message in which he sent condolences to the victims' families and was declared “terrified and deeply saddened” by the tragic incident, all the more so as it is about children.

“I am terrified and deeply saddened by the death of children in Chatham this afternoon. Our community has lost a group of intelligent and innocent young people, who had all their lives before. Parents have said goodbye to their children this morning without knowing that it will be last. Prayers and deepest condolences to all those affected by this unqualified tragedy.

Illinois State Police has started to collaborate with the Chatham Police Department to investigate the incident and will provide the public with more information when they are available. My office closely monitors the situation and is ready to provide support in any way possible. We are grateful to all the first respondents to help our community during this difficult period“He wrote on X.