Driver released without charges after pickup kills boy, 6, and man on Kansas soccer field

A pickup truck drove from a parking space onto a youth soccer field in northeast Wichita, killing six-year-old Cole Adrian and 35-year-old Nicholas Schafer, and injuring 10 others. The 34-year-old driver was released without charges while investigators examine the vehicle and await toxicology results; the cause of the crash has not been established.

Police said five injured children were aged five to nine, and five injured adults were aged 28 to 68; their injuries were described as non-critical. The driver had two children in the pickup and another playing at the complex. A local restaurant pledged 20% of revenue from two locations for a week to support affected families, and offered meals to immediate families while relatives remain in hospital.