Tragedy in Chatham: Auto races in school - four victims, including child!
Tragedy in Chatham: Auto races in school - four victims, including child!
In the small town of Chatham, Illinois, a tragic incident occurred on Monday afternoon, in which a car raced into a school building and at least four people, aged 4 to 18, cost life. The youngest victim was only four years old. In total, several other people were injured and transported to nearby hospitals. The driver, who was alone in the vehicle and remained unharmed, was also taken to the hospital, apparently for the investigation. bnn reports that the vehicle initially recorded several people outside the school The east wall of the building broke through and further injured people.
The governor of Illinois, J.B. Pritzker, commented on the X on platform X, expressed his condolences to the victims. This is not the first time that such tragic events occur in schools; In the previous week, a similar incident occurred in Vancouver, Canada, where a car drove into a crowd and at least eleven people were killed.
fatal school accidents in Germany
The topic of fatal school accidents in Germany, which have been documented over the years, also includes
. From 1986 until 2023, numerous school accidents with deaths were registered in Germany. The comprehensive data set by the German statutory accident insurance (DGUV) has shown that a reform in the school has influenced the distribution of accident on various forms of school since 2019. According to current reports, school sports are one of the most common sources of accident, together with the classroom and breaks, which made up a total of 89% of school accidents in 2023.
Statistics on reportable school accidents and new school accident pensions show the distribution of accidents in various educational institutions:
% each 1,000 students
| % each 1 million pupils
| | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| day care | 6.390 | 6.92 | 6 | 4.17 |
| primary schools | 19.558 | 21.19 | 10 | 6.94 |
| secondary schools | 3.043 | 3.30 | 5 | 3.47 |
| special schools | 2.696 | 2.92 | 2 | 1.39 |
| secondary schools | 11.476 | 12.43 | 14 | 9.72 |
| high schools | 16.388 | 17.75 | 32 | 22.22 |
| comprehensive schools | 16.108 | 17.45 | 20 | 13.89 |
| general education schools as a whole | 69.269 | 75.04 | 83 | 57.64 |
| vocational schools | 12.398 | 13.43 | 45 | 31.25 |
| universities | 4.251 | 4.61 | 10 | 6.94 |
| total | 92.308 | 100.00 | 144 | 100.00 |
These figures illustrate the various risks to which students are exposed. Overall, pupils often injure themselves on sidewalks or stops, whereby there are often the main cause. Statista indicates that Show alarming trend in the security situation in schools.
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