KANE COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) — A man has pleaded guilty on charges related to a school bus crash that killed two siblings on Halloween in 2022.
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The collision occurred in Campton Hills on Empire Road, between Burlington Road and Route 47, according to the Kane County Sheriff’s Office. It involved a 2013 Lexus SUV and a school bus.
At the time of the incident, Tyler Schmidt, who was 18 years old, was driving the Lexus. Kane County Sheriff, Ron Hain, mentioned that Schmidt was believed to be driving 5-8 miles per hour above the 45-mile-an-hour speed limit.
Schmidt collided with the rear of a school bus carrying 31 students and one driver. The bus belonged to Central Community Unit School District 301 and was transporting students from Lily Lake Elementary School.
No one in the bus was seriously injured.
Emil, 19, and Grace, 20, Diewald were passengers in the Lexus Schmidt was driving. They both died in the crash.
A then 17-year-old South Elgin girl, who was also in the vehicle survived the crash.
In February 2025, Schmidt pleaded guilty to two counts of reckless homicide and aggravated reckless driving causing injury.
He is due to be sentenced in April 2025.
The video in the player above is from an earlier report.
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