Springfield, ill. (AP) – The driver of a car that has barred through a building Used for a camp after school in the center of Illinois, killing three children and a teenager, was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol and may have had a medical emergency, the police announced on Thursday.
No decision was made on the opportunity to file a complaint against the 44 -year -old driver, the director of the State of Illinois, Brendan F. Kelly, said at a press conference. The driver is not in detention, said Kelly.
The proof that she may have had a medical emergency was “not conclusive” and that the investigation is underway, said Kelly.
The car left the road on Monday, crossing land and Scaster on the side of the building In Chatham used by young people who need other things outside, also known as Ynot. He traveled in the building, hitting people before leaving the other side.
Six other children were hospitalized. Four of them remained hospitalized, including one in critical condition, said a spokesperson for the state police after Thursday's press conference.
The people killed were Rylee Britton, 18, of Springfield, Ainsley Johnson, 8, Kathryn Corley, 7, and Alma Buhnerkempus, 7 years old. All the children were from Chatham, a community of around 15,000 outside the capital of the Illinois of Springfield.
The driver was not injured but was taken to the hospital for the accident, Kelly said. She deliberately subjected samples of blood and urine that have tested negative for drugs and alcohol, he said.
“Some evidence has been developed indicating the possibility of a medical emergency leading to the accident,” said Kell. “However, the investigation into this information and other evidence has not yet ended and will continue until all the tracks and research were exhausted.”
He would not have developed the possible health problem or not to say what evidence the investigators indicated a medical emergency may have taken place. He wouldn't say if the driver was aware and alert when the emergency stakeholders reached him.
Images of the security camera have shown that the vehicle was “at a substantial distance” when it left the road, said Jamie Loftus, founder of Ynot Outdoors. He crossed the land, a road, the sidewalk and the Ynot parking lot before crashing into the building “without a apparent attempt to modify his management,” said Loftus earlier this week. The vehicle then crossed a gravel road and crashed into a post and a fence.
Kelly said the vehicle has traveled more than 1,300 feet (396 meters) but would not be developed and would not say that the vehicle moved either.
He said he could not provide a calendar to carry out the investigation and said the accusations, if necessary, are up to the Sangamon county's state prosecutor.
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The writers of the associated press Scott Bauer in Madison, Wisconsin and Sophia Tareen in Chicago contributed.
