# Wichita mother avoids charges after SUV kills two at youth football match

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/kansas-mother-wont-be-charged-after-she-plowed-suv-onto-soccer-pitch-during-game-killing-child-and-adult-because-she-was-asleep-at-the-time-cops-say/
- Published: 2026-11-13T17:33:27+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-13T17:47:25+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16290167/Kansas-mother-SUV-crowd-soccer-pitch-deaths.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Football, Sport, World

## Key points

- No charges will be brought against the driver.
- Two people died and ten were injured.
- Investigators believe she was asleep when the SUV moved.

## Summary

A mother will not face criminal charges after her SUV struck a crowd at a youth soccer game in Wichita, killing a six-year-old boy and a 35-year-old man and injuring ten others. The district attorney said investigators found no evidence of intoxication or intentional wrongdoing, and believe she was asleep when the vehicle moved.

The 34-year-old had driven about 200 miles to the sports complex in a recently acquired SUV and later returned to park near a field. She told her children she was tired and went to sleep; investigators believe she may have accidentally released the brake and pressed the accelerator. The crash happened on 17 October, and those injured ranged in age from five to 68.

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