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Omaha Steve

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Mon Apr 28, 2025, 08:43 PM Apr 28

Four dead, including children, after car crashes into after-school camp [View all]

Source: CNN

By Taylor Romine and Zenebou Sylla, CNN

Updated 8:12 PM EDT, Mon April 28, 2025

Four people are dead, including children, and several others are injured after a car crashed through an after-school camp in Chatham, Illinois, authorities said.

At about 3:20 p.m. Monday, police responded after a vehicle drove through the east side of the YNOT After School Camp, Illinois State Police said in a news release. Chatham is south of Springfield.

The vehicle struck several people outside the building, entered through the eastern portion of the building, before exiting the western side of the structure, Chatham Police Department Deputy Chief Scott Tarter said at a brief news conference.

The fatalities are believed to be between the ages of 4 and 18, state police said.


Four people are dead after a vehicle drove through an after-school building in Chatham, Illinois, on Monday, April 28. Jane Cochran/Capitol City Now

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/28/us/chatham-illinois-crash/index.html

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