The victims of the collision were between four and 18 years old, American authorities say.
The deceased, who were aged between four and 18, were killed after the vehicle drove to the east side of the building that stopped after school camp in Chatham, Illinois, said the police on Monday.
“The vehicle hit more people outside the building before we continued through the building. The vehicle hit more people inside (The) building before leaving the west wall structure,” police said.
“Several individual individuals were transferred to hospitals in the local area of emergency and one in the life helicopter,” the police added.
The driver and the only vehicle shooter did not have obvious injuries and was transported to the nearby hospital at the evaluation, the police stated.
It was not immediately clear that the collision caused, and the authorities did not specify whether they believe it was intentional or accident.
Governor Illinois JB Pritzker said the incident was “horrified” and “deeply aged”.
“Our community has lost a group of bright and innocent young people with the whole life in front of them,” Pritzkker said in a statement published on X.
“My parents said goodbye to not know that it would be the last time. My heart is hard for these families and unimaginable sadness – something no parent should withstand.”
The collision is the latest in a series of recent incidents involving people who drive vehicles into groups of people.
11 people were killed on Saturday, and 32 people were injured when SUV entered a series of crowded street during the Filipino Heritage Festival in Vancouver, Canada.
Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30-year-old Vancouver stays, charged with eight counts of the second degree over the incident, states prosecutors.
1. January in the USA killed 14 people in the American city of New Orleans when a man eagle his pickup truck in the crowd in participation in the New Year’s celebration.
The FBI said that he found weapons and ISIL (ISIS) flag in a suspect vehicle, a 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, after police officers shot that police officers responded to the scene.
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