Mom who plowed into soccer field and killed 2 will not face charges, DA says
A driver whose pickup truck plowed onto a youth soccer field, killing a young boy and a father, will not face criminal charges following an investigation, prosecutors announced.Last month, the driver, who has not been identified by authorities, drove into players and spectators at the Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita, Kansas.Adrian Cole, 6, and Nicholas Schafer, 35, were both killed and several others were injured in the Oct.
17 incident.On Thursday, a 28-page report released by Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett said investigators did not find enough evidence to charge the driver, concluding the crash was the result of "negligence" rather than a criminal act.Cole Adrian, 6, and Nicholas Schafer, 35, were killed when a driver plowed into them on a youth soccer field in Wichita, Kansas.(Stockham Family Funeral home; Wiggins Funeral Homes and Cremation Services)SUSPECTED DUI DRIVER ARRESTED ON 3 MURDER COUNTS AFTER DEADLY NORTH HOLLYWOOD CRASH, POLICE SAY"The reasonable conclusion is that, while she slept, her foot unintentionally hit the gas pedal while the truck was in gear," the report says.
Investigators could not determine exactly how the truck came to be in drive.NOBU CHEF KILLED AFTER TEEN DRIVER CRASHES INTO PARKED CAR IN CALIFORNIATwo people, including a 6-year-old boy, were killed after a pickup truck drove through a youth soccer game at the Striker Sports Complex in Wichita, Kansas, on Saturday, Oct.17, 2026.
(REUTERS)PEOPLE TAKING COMMON SLEEP DRUG MAY NOT REALIZE THEY'RE TOO IMPAIRED TO DRIVE, STUDY FINDSTimeline of events leading up to and following deadly incident:Oct.177 a.m.: The driver left Garden City in her husband’s 2021 Chevrolet Silverado, heading to Wichita for her children’s soccer games.10:40 a.m.–2:30 p.m.: She arrived at Stryker Sports Complex, attended games, left for two fast-food restaurants and a business, then returned.2:36 p.m.: She stopped in a parking stall facing a field.
She later told detectives she believe...