The Peoria County Coroner’s Office reports that a youngster who was flying on a commercial aircraft with her family to Chicago passed away on Thursday morning after falling ill during the journey.
“The child, 8-year-old Sydney Weston, of Carl Junction, MO, was traveling with her family for vacation when she suddenly became ill and then unresponsive in flight,” In a Facebook post, the Peoria County Coroner’s Office stated on behalf of the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office. “Her family immediately notified the flight personnel of her condition, and they began rapidly rendering aid.”
According to the post, the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office responded to a medical issue on a plane landing in Peoria on Thursday around 7:00 a.m.
“The commercial flight originated from Joplin, Missouri and was intended to land in Chicago,” the sheriff’s office stated.
The coroner’s office post states that the girl was not breathing and did not have a pulse when she arrived in Peoria.
The sheriff’s office stated that the girl was “transported to OSF Healthcare Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, where, despite aggressive resuscitation efforts, she was pronounced deceased at 8:05 a.m.”
The coroner’s office stated that a preliminary autopsy was unable to determine the cause of death.
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“No evidence of foul play and no signs of abuse or neglect,” according to a Facebook post from the Peoria County Coroner’s Office.
According to the coroner’s office, more testing will be done, and the results might be available in four to six weeks.
“Once we have those tests completed, it is our hope that we will be able to provide a definitive and exact cause of death for this little girl and give her family some answers,” the coroner’s office continued.
According to an email from SkyWest Airlines, “diverted to Peoria, IL this morning and was met by paramedics to attend to a passenger in medical distress. We appreciate the efforts of our crewmembers who responded quickly to assist and the medical personnel who met the aircraft.”
