The victims of the accident were four to 18 years old, according to the American authorities.
Four people, including children, were killed when a car went to a camp after school in a village outside Chicago, the United States, the authorities said.
The deceased, aged four to 18, was killed after the vehicle led in the east side of a building housing the Ynot after the Chatham school camp, Illinois, announced on Monday in a statement.
“The vehicle hit several people outside the building before continuing to cross the building. The vehicle also hit several people inside [the] Build before leaving through the western wall of the structure, “said the police.
“Several additional people have been transferred to local hospitals by ambulance and one by a Life flight helicopter,” added the police.
The driver and only occupant of the vehicle had no apparent injury and were transported to a neighboring hospital for evaluation, police said.
It is not immediately known what caused the accident, and the authorities did not specify if they thought it was intentional or an accident.
Illinois governor JB Pritzker said he was “horrified” and “deeply saddened” by the incident.
“Our community has lost a group of brilliant and innocent young people with all their lives in front of them,” Pritzker said in a statement published on X.
“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 sorrow they experience – something that no parent should endure.”
The accident is the last in a series of recent incidents involving people driving vehicles to groups of people.
On Saturday, 11 people were killed and 32 others injured when an SUV accelerated a crowded street at a Filipino Heritage Festival in Vancouver, Canada.
Kai-ji Adam Lo, a 30-year-old Vancouver resident was accused of eight second-degree murder leaders against the incident, according to prosecutors.
On January 1, 14 people were killed in the American city of New Orleans when a man plowed his van in a crowd participating in the New Year’s celebrations.
The FBI said that he had found weapons and an EIL (ISIS) flag in the suspect’s vehicle, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, after being shot by police officers responding to the scene.
