Local Teens Injured Detasseling Corn

More than 12,500 people were following a memorial Facebook page for two Sterling girls who were electrocuted Monday in a farming accident that also injured two Yorkville girls.

Neighbors and best friends Hannah Kendall and Jade Garza, both 14, were detasseling corn in Tampico, Ill., when they connected with high voltage from an irrigation system, the Wall Street Journal reported. Area farmers indicated lightning struck the irrigation system over the weekend, although authorities haven't revealed specifics from their on-going investigation, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

Eight others, including Delanie Knapp, 14, and Bailey Knapp, 15, both of Yorkville, were injured, according to the Sterling-based Sauk Valley News. Garza was Delanie and Bailey Knapp’s step-sister.

Delanie Knapp was released from the hospital Wednesday in time to attend a balloon release in Sterling honoring Kendall and Garza, Chicago Tribune photojournalist Scott Strazzante wrote in his blog.

Tampico is about 80 miles west of Yorkville.

Click here to read Hannah Kendall's obituary on the funeral home website.

Click here to read Jade Garza's obituary on the funeral home website.