4 children killed when the car enters the school program in Chatham, Illinois, near Springfield star-news.press/wp

Four children at the age of 4 and 18 died on Monday when the vehicle was orar in the housing program after the school program in the central Illinois city of Chatham, the state police said.

Illinois State Police said they were invited to YNOT in the open summer and after school camp, at 301 Breckenridge Rd. in Chatham, after the vehicle crashed to the east side of the building about 15:20

The car struck more people outside the building before he trulled through him through him, striking many people, the state police said. The vehicle comes out through the wall of the opposite side of the building.

Several injured injuries were taken to local hospitals by emergency and a single helicopter for life flight, police said.

Police helps the driver injured in a collision, but was taken to the hospital for evaluation.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said his administration closely follows the situation.

“As we continue to learn more, follow the instructions of all local authorities,” Pritzkker wrote in the post on X. “Let’s wrap hands tonight around the community because we accept the situation updates.”

Illinois State Senator Doris Turner (D-Springfield), representing the area, issued a statement:

“If we left our children in the morning, we should always have a maximum belief that he will surely return home at the end of the day. For some families, that belief today is shaken after tragedy in Catham.

“I’m heart attacked – I can’t explain what he feels like Chatham communities and days are for days, in any answers and I want to help in any way to help in any way.

Chatham Village Truster Kristen Chiaro has posted on Facebook to make the Baptist Church Chatham to unite families with children in the center. Near the scene traffic was closed on Walnut Street between Street Park and Gordon Drive.

Chatham is about 12 miles south of Springfield in Sangomon County. He must not be confused with the south side near Chathama in Chicago.

The investigation of the incident continued on Monday evening.