DA chooses not to press charges against driver who killed 2 on soccer field during youth match

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH/Gray News) - The driver of a pickup that hit and killed two people and injured nearly a dozen others at a sports facility last month will not face charges.Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett and Wichita Police Chief Joe Sullivan provided the update this week on the investigation. Sullivan said they met with the families of the victims privately before publicly announcing the decision. Nick Schafer, 35, and 6-year-old Cole Adrian, both of McPherson, were killed in the crash.Police said the driver drove to the Stryker Complex from Garden City with her children, who were playing soccer at the facility that October day. The driver was not identified, other than being called “she.”Bennett said the driver reported that the pickup was not her usual vehicle. She was sleeping in the vehicle just prior to the crash and believed she had put the pickup into park.While she was either asleep or falling asleep, one of her children put the sunshades up. Soon after, the p