UPDATE
Jun 4, 2025 4:11 PM CDT
An 8-year-old boy injured when a car smashed through a daycare building near Springfield, Illinois, on April 28 died on Tuesday. Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon said Bradley Lund had been hospitalized with "blunt force injuries," NBC Chicago reports. The crash also killed 7-year-old Alma Buhnerkempe, 7-year-old Kathryn Corley, 8-year-old Ainsley Grace Johnson, and 18-year-old Rylee Britton. Five other children injured in the crash are out of the hospital. No charges have been filed against driver Marianne Akers, whose lawyer says she suffered a seizure before coming off the roadway, reports ABC 20.
Apr 28, 2025 7:26 PM CDT
Four people were killed when a car smashed through a building during an after-school program Monday afternoon in a town outside of Springfield, Illinois, police said. Officers in Chatham responded about 3:20pm to calls about a vehicle hitting hit three people outside, ramming through the building, and then hitting another person before exiting the other side, said Chatham Police Department Deputy Chief Scott Tarter, per the AP.
The driver, who was uninjured, was the sole occupant of the vehicle, and was taken to a hospital for evaluation, Tater said. It was unclear in the immediate aftermath if the driver struck the building deliberately. All of those killed are believed to be teenagers, per the New York Times. Chatham is a small town of about 15,000 people just outside Springfield, Illinois.
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