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Authorities believe crash through Illinois after-school building that killed 4 wasn’t targeted
ktla ^ | 04/29/2025 | JOHN O'CONNOR

Posted on 04/29/2025 8:09:59 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Three children and a teenager were killed and others were injured when a car drove through an after-school building in a small city outside Springfield, Illinois, but authorities said Tuesday it likely was not a targeted attack.

The car left a road, crossed a field and smashed into the side of the building in Chatham on Monday afternoon, Illinois State Police said in a statement. It traveled through the building, striking numerous people before exiting the other side.

Police said two 7-year-olds, an 8-year-old and an 18-year-old were killed. Six more children were taken to hospitals and one remains in critical condition.

The driver, who was not injured, was taken to a hospital for evaluation and police said toxicology reports are pending. The driver, a 44-year-old woman, was not in custody on Tuesday morning and the cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: chatham; chathamillinois

1 posted on 04/29/2025 8:09:59 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

We have family in this area, and some are saying that the driver suffered a medical emergency. She also is a parent of a teenage student in the district. So far, no one has said it’s related to any sort of terrorism, but just one of those tragic events.


2 posted on 04/29/2025 8:14:53 AM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: BenLurkin

“It travelled through the building”

The car. A car can’t be blamed.


3 posted on 04/29/2025 8:15:18 AM PDT by stanne (Because they were mesmerized by Obama, the man for whom this was named, whose name they left out of )
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To: BenLurkin
44-year-old woman

No race or immigration status given.

4 posted on 04/29/2025 8:18:12 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment

Somehow I doubt this story. The car went clean through the building and mowed down 3 outside first before killing another inside. Color me skeptical.


5 posted on 04/29/2025 8:19:04 AM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: packrat35

Yes, it’s very strange. But the driver does not fit any sort of profile that would make this a terrorist or politically motivated attack.


6 posted on 04/29/2025 8:23:33 AM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: BenLurkin

Reminds me if that Wimbledon UK school crash a while back that killed two little girls.

That driver claimed a medical event and, last I knew, hasn’t been charged. But the latest report is due out this month...

https://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/24899790.wimbledon-study-prep-school-fatal-crash-driver-bailed/


7 posted on 04/29/2025 8:25:27 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: packrat35

If it was truly an accident then most people will probably be devastated knowing what they had done.

But then there are those that will point to the fact it was found to be an accident and just go about their life, shrugging and guilt or blame off like nothing, I have family that are experts at this.

Even if it was an accident I know I would then have to wear a full beard for the rest of my life, because there is no way I could ever look myself in the mirror again knowing what I caused whether accidental or not.


8 posted on 04/29/2025 8:29:12 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: BenLurkin

The school reported that the video shows the vehicle traveling through “a field” at a high rate of speed and it did not decelerate before it struck the children and the building.

That report was from WCIA Champaign.


9 posted on 04/29/2025 8:33:00 AM PDT by Biblebelter
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment

That’s what they used to say every time some old person drove over dozens of people and claimed he thought he hit the brake (for 10 blocks).

May not be foreign terrorists but I don’t buy it...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Monica_Farmers_Market_crash


10 posted on 04/29/2025 9:13:08 AM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: BenLurkin

Apparently, the driver is now under arrest, so possibly was under the influence of something.


11 posted on 04/29/2025 9:23:10 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: packrat35
I do not believe these "medical emergencies"....the driver still did it....

yrs ago a creep claimed a "cough" blackout that made him do a 180 turn across a medium and struck a truck head on and killed 5 kids..he got away with it..rumor was there was a Mormon on the jury who wouldn't convict a fellow mormon.

12 posted on 04/29/2025 9:35:46 AM PDT by cherry
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment

some vehicle did something.


13 posted on 04/29/2025 10:01:44 AM PDT by epluribus_2 (!)
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To: Biblebelter

Sounds like a key piece of information. Thanks for posting.


14 posted on 04/29/2025 10:09:47 AM PDT by JewishRighter ( )
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To: Biblebelter

I’m really starting to very much dislike my fellow human beings. More and more of them have become stupid and or evil.


15 posted on 04/29/2025 10:53:10 AM PDT by kelly4c
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