SAD OCCURANCE

CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN)
-- A Southwest Airlines jet carrying 103 people has
slid off the runway during a heavy snowstorm at
Chicago's Midway Airport and crashed into two
vehicles in a nearby intersection, killing a young boy.
Eleven other people, including three jet passengers
with minor injuries, were taken to hospitals after
Thursday's incident, said Chicago Fire Commissioner
Cortez Trotter.
Flight 1248, which was arriving from Baltimore,
Maryland, slid through a fence separating the runway
from the intersection, said Wendy Abrams,
a spokeswoman for Chicago's Department of Aviation.

The 6-year-old boy who died was in the car with
his two younger brothers, including an infant,
and his parents, said Deborah Song, spokeswoman
for Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oaklawn.
Their vehicle was crushed under the nose and
fuselage of the plane, said Fire Department
spokesman Larry Langford
The mother, in her 30s, was in good condition;
the father, in his 40s, was in serious condition;
the 4-year-old middle son was in fair condition;
and the infant was in serious condition, Song said.
Four people in the second car, which was under
a wing of the Boeing 737-700 jet, were in serious
but stable condition.
In addition, three passengers from the plane
were in good condition, said Trotter, quoting
paramedics.

This is an awful thing to have happen.
My prayers go out to all involved.