Four people, all of them children or teenagers, were killed and several others were injured on Monday when a car crashed into an after-school center in Chatham, Ill., a village just south of Springfield, the State Police said.
The victims are believed to be 18 years and younger, the Illinois State Police Department said in news release.
The car hit three people outside the building and another person inside of it, the police said. Several people were taken to the hospital, and at least one person was airlifted, the authorities said.
There was no additional information on the injuries on Monday evening or the ages of those injured, said Melaney Arnold, a spokeswoman for the Illinois State Police.
The driver was not injured and was undergoing an evaluation at the hospital Monday evening, the State Police said.
Officers responded to a call Monday afternoon of a vehicle driving into Y.N.O.T. Outdoors Summer and After School Camp, the State Police said
According to the police, the driver drove into the east side of the facility, striking multiple people outside, and then continued driving through the building, hitting more people inside before exiting through the other side.
The Illinois State Police and the Chatham Police Department are investigating the crash.
This is a developing story.
