Napping Kansas driver whose truck sped on to soccer field and killed two won’t be charged

A Kansas prosecutor has decided not to charge a woman whose pickup truck moved on to a youth football field during a tournament, killing two people and injuring ten. The district attorney said investigators could not prove she knowingly disregarded a serious risk, and that no criminal offence under Kansas law fit the circumstances.

Investigators believe the 34-year-old had left her Chevrolet 1500 in drive while napping at the Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita on 17 October, and may have pressed the accelerator in her sleep. Police interviewed more than 30 witnesses, tested a similar truck in the same parking space and found no evidence of impairing drugs. The people killed were six-year-old Cole Adrian and 35-year-old Nicholas Schafer; the prosecutor said the case could be pursued in civil court.