SPRINGFIELD – No charges will be filed against a woman who drove into the YNOT Outdoors facility in Chatham earlier this year.
State’s Attorney John Milhiser said in a news release “evidence from the investigation does not support criminal charges in this case.”
On April 29, Illinois State Police said the four girls were killed in the crash were two 7-year-olds, an 8-year-old, and an 18-year-old. Three months after the crash, an 8-year-old boy also died from injuries in the crash.
The four girls were identified as Ainsley Johnson, 8; Kathryn Corley, 7, and Alma Buhnerkempe, 7, all of Chatham and Rylee Britton, 18, of Springfield. The boy was identified Bradley Lund of Springfield.
Milhiser said evidence collected by Illinois State Police indicated the driver, Marianne Akers, likely suffered a medical episode (seizure) that caused her to veer off the road and crash into the building at 301 Breckenridge Road in Chatham.
Tom Ackerman covers breaking news and trending news along with general news for the Springfield State Journal-Register. He can be reached at tackerman@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on State Journal-Register: No charges to be filed in fatal Chatham crash earlier this year
Reporting by Tom Ackerman, Springfield State Journal-Register / State Journal-Register
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