8-year-old girl has medical emergency on SkyWest flight to Chicago and dies
An 8-year-old girl from Missouri became “ill and unresponsive” on a SkyWest flight to Chicago on Thursday and was later pronounced dead, authorities said.
An 8-year-old girl from Missouri became “ill and unresponsive” on a SkyWest flight to Chicago on Thursday and was later pronounced dead, authorities said.
The flight took off from Joplin, Missouri, and was headed to Chicago before making an emergency landing in Peoria, Illinois.
“Her family immediately notified the flight personnel of her condition, and they began rapidly rendering aid. Upon landing in Peoria, she was not breathing and had no pulse,” according to a statement from the Peoria County Coroner’s Office.
The child was identified as Sydney Weston, of Carl Junction, Missouri, the coroner's office said.
The plane landed at the General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport about 7 a.m. because of a medical emergency, the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday on Facebook.
Rating: 5