KINMUNDY – A 3-year-old child riding one of Texas’ migrant buses died Thursday near Kinmundy while the bus was on its way to Chicago, officials said Friday.

Marion County Coroner Troy Cannon told Withers Broadcasting late Thursday night that his office was waiting for an autopsy to be conducted Friday before releasing information.

However, a social media post he’d made earlier in the evening indicated Illinois Public Health, along with the CDC, DCFS, ISP and the Illinois Child Death Investigation Task Force all responded to the scene.

The Associated Press is reporting Texas authorities confirmed a child’s death in a statement Friday but did not say where the child was from or why they became ill. The Illinois Department of Public Health said the child was 3 years old and died Thursday in Marion County

“Every loss of life is a tragedy,” the Texas Division of Emergency Management said in a statement. “Once the child presented with health concerns, the bus pulled over and security personnel on board called 9-1-1 for emergency attention.”

The AP story continues to say Texas has bused more than 30,000 migrants to Democratic-controlled cities across the U.S. since last year as part of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s sprawling mission on the border, called Operation Lone Star. The operation has come under a burst of new scrutiny in recent months over additional hard-line measures the governor has authorized in the name of deterring migrants from crossing from Mexico.

The child received treatment from paramedics and later died at a hospital, according to the agency. The bus departed from the Texas border city of Brownsville. All passengers had their temperature taken and were asked if they had any medical conditions, according to Texas’ emergency management agency, which did not immediately respond to requests for more details Friday night.

Illinois officials said in a statement they were working with health officials, state police and federal authorities “to the fullest extent possible to get answers in this tragic situation.”