CHATHAM, Ill. (TNND) — Four students have been identified after a vehicle crashed through an Illinois after-school building Monday, killing them and injuring six others, according to authorities.

Illinois State Police identified 44-year-old Marianne Akers as the driver and said they do not believe it was a targeted attack.

"The cause of the crash remains under investigation, but this does not appear to be a targeted attack," police said in a Tuesday update.

This image taken from video provided by WCIA shows first responders working the scene after a car smashed through a building during an after-school program, killing multiple people Monday, April 28, 2025, in Chatham, Ill. (WCIA via AP)

Two 7-year-olds, an 8-year-old and an 18-year-old were killed Monday when a vehicle "left the road for unknown reasons," traveled through a field and crashed into an after-school camp in Chatham, Illinois State Police said. Six more children were taken to area hospitals and one remains in critical condition.

The Sangamon County Coroner said all four girls were pronounced dead at the scene from multiple blunt force injuries sustained in the incident.

• Ainsley Johnson, 8, of Chatham
• Rylee Britton, 18, of Springfield
• Kathryn Corley, 7, of Chatham
• Alma Buhnerkempe, 7, of Chatham

Their deaths remain under investigation by the Sangamon County Coroner, Illinois State Police and the Chatham Police Department, Coroner Jim Allmon said.

Chatham is a village in central Illinois just south of the state capital, Springfield.

The driver was uninjured and taken to the hospital for evaluation with toxicology reports pending, police added.

Emergency vehicles block a road leading to a building where a car smashed through during an after-school program, killing several people and injuring others, Monday, April 28, 2025, in Chatham, Ill. (AP Photo/John O'Connor)

"Akers is not in custody at this time as the cause of the crash remains under investigation," police said.

The struck building and facilities in Illinois house Youth Needing Other Things Outdoors, which holds after-school programs and summer camps, according to its website.

"I am horrified and deeply saddened by the deaths of children and numerous injuries in Chatham this afternoon," Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said in a statement. "My heart is heavy for these families and the unimaginable grief they’re experiencing – something that no parent should ever have to endure."