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Kansas Driver Won't Face Criminal Charges After Truck Kills Two at Soccer Field
Prosecutors will not file criminal charges against a woman whose pickup truck accelerated onto a Kansas soccer field while she was napping, resulting in two deaths and multiple injuries.
A 34-year-old woman resting inside her pickup truck at a Wichita sports complex failed to put the vehicle in park, leading it to accelerate onto a youth soccer field on October 17. The incident resulted in the deaths of a six-year-old child and a 35-year-old adult, while injuring ten others ranging in age from five to 68. Sedgwick county district attorney Marc Bennett announced that no criminal charges will be filed because investigators found no evidence that the driver consciously disregarded a tremendous risk. Although the case will not proceed criminally, Bennett noted that the matter could potentially be tried in civil court.
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