Four dead after car crashes into after-school camp in US state of Illinois

Police block a road leading to a building where a car drove into a building housing an after-school programme in Chatham, Illinois, US, April 28, 2025 [John O'Connor/AP Photo]

Four people, including children, were killed when a car drove into an after-school camp in a village outside Chicago, the United States, authorities have said.

The deceased, who were aged between four and 18 years, were killed after the vehicle drove into the east side of a building housing the YNOT After School Camp in Chatham, Illinois, police said in a statement on Monday.