A Kansas mom who plowed her SUV onto a soccer pitch, killing a child and an adult, will not face charges as authorities revealed she was asleep at the time.
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The as-yet-unidentified driver, 34, drove into a crowd of people at the Stryker Sports Complex, Wichita, on October 17.
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The devastating incident saw two people, six-year-old Cole Adrian and Nicholas Schafer, 35, lose their lives while ten others, aged between five and 68, were injured.
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Despite this, the local district attorney revealed yesterday that the woman would be facing no charges for the incident.
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Authorities were waiting on the outcome of a toxicology report before revealing there was no evidence that she was under the influence.
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Marc Bennett, the Sedgwick County District Attorney, said: 'I have zero evidence that this was in any way impacted by intoxication, driving under the influence.'
He added: 'I cannot only find no evidence of an intentional crime, I can find affirmative evidence that there was not an intentional crime.'
Investigators spoke to the woman and her two children, 14 and 11, and said she told her kids she was going to take a nap in her husband's Chevrolet SUV.
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Cole's heartbroken father, Chris Adrian, pictured together, said the sports-loving little boy was the 'joy and light of our community'
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Nicholas Schafer, 35, (pictured) also died in the devastating incident last month
The mother was pulled from the vehicle by other parents as bystanders attempted 'life-saving assistance' to those injured during the incident, Wichita Police Chief Joe Sullivan said
Officials believe she may have accidentally taken her foot off the brake and pressed the gas, as it's unclear whether her car was in park or not.
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She told investigators that on October 17, she had woken up at 6am and driven the Chevrolet SUV, a brand new vehicle she had only been using for a few days, around 200 miles from her home in Garden City.
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Bennett said: 'Her normal vehicle had some trouble with the air and tires and she asked her husband to fix it because she was concerned that it would not be safe to drive all the way to Wichita.'
After arriving at the Stryker Sports Complex at 10.40am, she left at around 1.20pm before returning an hour later, parking near one of the fields.
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Less than an hour after she returned, the crash happened.
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Bennett said: 'She parks.
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She tells her kids she’s tired, which would be consistent with having gotten up that morning and driven that far.
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[She] takes her seat all the way back and goes to sleep.'
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Investigators think it was unlikely the mother-of-two put her car in drive by accidentally kicking the stick with her leg.
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The DA said: '[You] can’t put it in gear unless the foot’s on the brake.'
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He said the mother woke up in the car to her kids 'screaming,' and was horrified upon realizing what happened.
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She is said to have screamed as she was pulled from the car by horrified witnesses: 'Oh my God, Oh my God, what have I done?!'
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Cole Adrian, six, was killed when a Kansas mother drove her SUV onto a youth soccer field at the Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita
The six-year-old had a 'pure heart,' 'the best laugh' and as a friend with everyone, young or old,' his father said
After striking almost a dozen people, the woman shouted, 'Oh my God, oh my God, what have I done?'
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Investigators examined items scattered across the grass as police tape surrounds the scene where a vehicle plowed through a soccer game, killing two people
Bennett said: 'She’s disoriented, she’s trying to sit up from a completely relaxed position to sit forward.
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Reaches for the steering wheel, looks up, sees shades that were not there when she went to sleep, batting at them.'
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Wichita Police Department Chief Joe Sullivan said shortly after the crash that local residents rushed to the aid of those injured almost immediately: 'It was truly amazing, but I think it’s indicative of the Wichita community.'
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The tragic victims of the crash, both McPherson natives who police said were not related, were pronounced dead at the scene, while some of those injured were rushed to hospital in critical condition.
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Among those left with traumatic injuries were a girl and boy, both aged five, and a nine-year-old girl.
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The rest of those hurt were aged between 28 and 68 years old.
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Cole's heartbroken father said the sports-loving little boy was the 'joy and light of our community.
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'Cole was an incredible kid and could put a smile on anyone's face,' Chris Adrian told The New York Times.
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He had the best laugh.
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Schafer's family has declined to speak to the media.
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