Tragically, four students died and six others were injured after a car crashed into an after-school camp in Illinois.
According to NBC News, 44 year old Marianne Akers struck the YNOT Outdoors Summer Camp and After School building in Chatham, just outside of Springfield, on Monday afternoon, killing 7-year-old Alma Buhnerkempe, 7-year-old Kathryn Corley, 8-year-old Ainsley Johnson and 18-year-old Rylee Britton, according to the Sangamon County Coroner’s Office.
Although police said that this doesn’t seem like a targeted attack, they’re still investigating it.
The driver, Marianne Akers, was not injured and was not taken into custody, but she was transported to a hospital for evaluation. It wasn’t clear whether she has been released. State police have stated that the incident was not a targeted attack, but the investigation is ongoing.
All four victims died from multiple blunt force injuries, according to the coroner.
Six children were injured and taken to hospitals, including one who remains in critical condition.
