Fox32 Chicago
What we know:
The crash occurred around 3:20 p.m. at the YNOT [Youth Needs Other Things] building in the 300 block of Breckenridge Road [Chatham, Illinois, south of Springfield], which houses the after-school camp, according to Illinois State Police.
The vehicle went through the building, killing four people. The victims were two 7-year-olds, an 8-year-old and an 18-year-old, ISP said. Their identities have not yet been released.
Three of the victims were outside the building at the time of the crash and a fourth was inside.
Six other children were injured in the crash and taken to local hospitals. One was hospitalized via a helicopter and remains in critical condition, police said.
The driver of the vehicle was not injured. Police said toxicology reports are pending. More
Update: Gateway Pundit has a picture of the driver from behind. Here
Am I off base assuming this is probably a woman who thinks she’s a man trying to murder more children?
No, you’re not.
No, you’re not.
In my area of N Texas, on Dec 24 a car with a family of 6 hydroplaned and crashed into a drainage ditch. Mom and 3 children were rescued. Dad was found deceased the next day. They just called off the search for the missing girl yesterday. I cannot imagine the grief this family is going through.
It’s certainly tragic about the deaths of the children, but that’s the bulk of the details that have been announced so far. What has my suspicions aroused is the lack of any sort of description of the physical layout, the vehicle hitting the victims, and the events leading up to the mayhem. In other similar situations we’d have photos of the building and the site of the collision(s) and a description of the roadway and how the vehicle left the road and went through the building.
The absence of this kind of information is unusual and has me wondering what’s being hidden.
The “adult” killed was just 18 years old. A child in my mind, and certainly a child in her parents mind.
OT: Just wanted to thank you all for the prayers for Major Megan. After surgery Friday she is doing much better and is heading for recovery, but a long one.
The driver is a 44 year old woman with 2 children herself.I have to wait for the investigation to say anything other being very tragic.
Very good news, Tony. Very happy to hear it.
Tony R. Wonderful! God is so merciful. Glad Megan is better.
Suspect those poor girls died because of mechanical failure of the vehicle that ended their lives, or the more likely explanation is far too common. A middle-aged woman who thinks she’s never to high to drive. If so, she should be charged and prosecuted. Wreckless behavior should have harsh consequences. Here’s the driver’s picture;
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14660137/amp/Marianne-Akers-driver-crash-YNOT-school-club-chatham-illinois.html
Tony R
Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 22:15 at 10:15 pm
“OT: Just wanted to thank you all for the prayers for Major Megan. After surgery Friday she is doing much better and is heading for recovery, but a long one.”
Thank you for this praise report, to God be the glory, and may Major Megan receive full and complete healing at His hand.
But we are by no means done praying for her, and will pray that her pain is low and her spirits high now and for the rest of her recovery. God is good all the time, and theres no such thing as too much prayer, for He is worthy.
God Bless,
SNS
99th Squad Leader
Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 5:04 at 5:04 am
“Suspect those poor girls died because of mechanical failure of the vehicle that ended their lives”
…we want to believe that, but the article says she went completely through the building. Most structures are not built for lateral stresses. true, but they do offer SOME resistance, and each contact with fence, wall, objects and people within the building as well as the rubble the impact would fling in front of the vehicle for it to run over would absorb some of that energy, were there a mechanical failure in the brakes. It would seem too the steering would have to fail as many would instictively turn away from a perpendicular collision. A steering/ brake failure in a modern car is not impossible as an electrical failure can remove power assist from the brakes and steering, and some cars have electric steering, but again it just seems like most of the energy would be absorbed in the first few impacts unless she were going EXTREMELY fast or kept accellerating.
It is possible she had a medical condition, some sort of seizure that left her body rigid while accelerating; it is also possible that she simply does not react to emergencies well and just pressed the gas in a panic without thinking. Were I her lawyer, that would likely be something I would agrue as its pretty difficult to prove and at least removes malace from the equation. If its drug abuse, they will find out soon enough, which is probably why they sent this “uninjured” person to the hospital to begin with. Blood will reveal that if present, as will the inside of her car as most addicts get careless about transporting their drugs and so they are discoverable when things go sideways.
Without knowing more its hard to say anything about it being some sort of attack. Im sure her social media is being turned over and any link to the business and the people within, present or not, is being vigorously explored.
But at the end of the day, it makes little difference to the fallen.
Pray for them and for those who mourn them, and for healing to the many injured.
Suspect pictured immediately after the incident VS no picture or mention of race.
Mechanical failures as the primary cause of fatal or near fatal collisions are rare. Exceedingly rare. Environmental conditions can play a factor, but when the last dog is hung, the primary cause of the collisions is operator error.
The suggestion in my comment, the cause of that terrible crash is mechanical failure was an attempt at being magnanimous. However, it’s most likely the driver is a horrible driver, was distracted, drunk, high on drugs or otherwise impaired and completely at fault.