Springfield, Ill. – The driver of a car that ran Through a building Used for a popular camp after school in the center of Illinois, killing three children and a teenager, it was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol and could have had a medical emergency, police said Thursday.
Decisions have not been made on whether to present charges against the 44 -year -old driver, said Illinois state police director Brendan F. Kelly at a press conference. The driver, who was not injured, is not in custody, Kelly said.
The evidence that she could have had a medical emergency “was not conclusive” and the investigation is ongoing, Kelly said.
The car left the road on Monday, crossing a field and Back on the side of the building In Chatham, used by young people who need other things outdoors, also known as Ynot. He traveled through the building, hitting people before leaving the other side. Six other children were hospitalized. Kelly said some of them have been released, but did not provide more details, saying that their families have requested privacy.
The images of the security camera showed that the vehicle was “at a substantial distance” distance when it left the road, said Jamie Loftus, founder of Ynot Outdoors. After accelerating a field, he crossed a road, the sidewalk and Ynot parking before crashing through the building “Without an apparent attempt to alter its address,” Loftus said earlier this week. The vehicle then crossed a gravel road and crashed into a post and a fence.
Chatham is a community of approximately 15,000 people outside the capital of Illinois de Springfield.
Those killed were Rylee Britton, 18, from Springfield, Ainsley Johnson, 8, Kathryn Corley, 7, and Alma Buhnerkempe, 7. All children were from Chatham.
