Four dead after the car crashed after the camp after the school

Four people, including children, were killed and several others were injured when a vehicle drove through a building that was used by a post -school camp in Illinois.

The victims of the YNOT camp after the school camp are said to be at the age of four to 18, the police said.

The vehicle hit several people in front of a building in Chatham on Monday afternoon and then continued through the building and hit several people inside before he went out the opposite side. It is unclear whether it was intentionally.

Six people were injured And taken to the hospital with ambulances and helicopters. Illinois State Police said that the driver was unharmed and brought to the hospital for evaluation.

The police have not released the age of the driver and the examination for a motif has not yet been completed.

The state police said she reacted to the scene at around 3:30 p.m. local time (9:30 p.m. BST). Three of the dead were hit by the vehicle in front of the building while a victim was hit in the building.

The police in all of Illinois visited the scene to secure the area and to help and help parents to find their children, according to CBS, the US partner of the BBC.

The online film material seemed to show large holes in the building. The traffic near the scene was also closed.

In a post on X, the governor of Illinois, JB Pritzker, said his administration monitored the crash.

“Let us wrap our arms around the community tonight while we get updates about the situation,” he wrote.

Doris Turner, Senator of the state of Illinois, said she was “broken heart” through the incident and her office was ready to support the local authorities.

The Chatham police department also asked that people pray in a Facebook post for the community.

Ynot After School Camp carries out outdoor programs for children, including excursions and activities such as hiking and fishing.

Chatham is a village with 14,000 people who are around 4.8 km (approx. 4.8 km) outside the country of the state capital of Springfield.