South Elgin

A 17-year-old girl has been charged in a fatal Bartlett crash that killed two South Elgin High School students, including a relative, and wounded a third, prosecutors announced Thursday.

Officials say a preliminary investigation has determined the cause of a deadly crash that killed two South Elgin high school students, wounded two others and left a third person injured last week.

The family of a South Elgin High School student killed in a crash last week has created a fundraising campaign to raise money for the teenager’s funeral, as well as “medical expenses and to help support her family in this dark hour.”

Dozens of bright balloons sailed into the sky outside South Elgin High School on Sunday in honor of two students who were killed in a crash earlier this week. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.

Dozens of bright balloons sailed into the sky outside South Elgin High School on Sunday in honor of two students who were killed in a crash earlier this week. Kimorra Campbell, 17, and Tahlulay Henry, 16, were on the way to school Thursday morning when the car they were riding in collided with a dump truck in nearby Bartlett, authorities said….

A memorial complete with flowers and stuffed animals continued to grow outside of South Elgin High School on Friday evening, one day after two students were killed in a collision while heading to school.

Two South Elgin High School students that were killed in a crash in Bartlett Thursday morning that also left three others injured have been identified, according to the Kane County Coroner.

A community is grieving after two South Elgin High School students were killed in a car crash in Bartlett, NBC Chicago’s Courtney Sisk reports.

“It is with a heavy heart that we write about a loss in our South Elgin High School family,” the statement sent to NBC Chicago began.

Two South Elgin High School students were killed and three other people were injured Thursday morning following a motor vehicle crash involving a 2002 Honda Civic and semi-tractor trailer in Bartlett, police said.

The crash occurred at approximately 7 a.m. Thursday at the intersection of IL Route 25 and Kenyon Road, officials said.

Storm damage was widespread across the Elgin area, with the National Weather Service confirming a tornado in the Campton Hills and South Elgin area, NBC Chicago’s Evrod Cassimy reports.

Heather Unbehaun, who was arrested in North Carolina last month and is accused of kidnapping her daughter in 2017, appeared in court on Wednesday, NBC Chicago’s Alex Maragos reports.