An eight-year-old girl has died after the plane she was on had to be diverted to the Peoria International Airport.
The Peoria County Coroner’s Office has identified the girl as Sydney Weston of Carl Junction, Missouri.
Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says medical emergency started around 7 a.m. Thursday, after a flight from Joplin, Missouri, to Chicago was diverted to the airport for a medical emergency.
According to a news release, Weston was traveling with her family for vacation when she suddenly became ill and then unresponsive in flight. 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.
Deputies, AMT Personnel, and Air National Guard Fire personnel immediately began life-saving measures.
Weston was transported to OSF Healthcare Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, where, despite aggressive resuscitative efforts, she was pronounced deceased at 8:05 a.m. Thursday.
An autopsy is scheduled for Friday.
