The driver of Chatham's fatal crash had clean toxicology, confirmed Illinois State Police

Springfield-Die Illinois State Police published preliminary toxicological results that showed no drugs or alcohol in the system of a driver who plunged into a Central Illinois after-school program and killed four young girls.

Brendan Kelly, police chief of Illinois State State, said that the police were still investigating the cause of the crash on Thursday, but found a possible explanation.

“Some evidence has been developed, which indicates the possibility of a medical emergency that leads to a crash,” said Kelly at a press conference in Springfield. “However, the investigation of this information and other evidence has not yet been completed, and we will continue until all leads and research were exhausted.”

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Marianne Akers, 44, from Chatham, was the driver and the only inmate of a jeep, in which a building was housed in the YNOT camp on Monday, in which young people need other things, a post-school camp in Chatham.

The killed were Ainsley Johnson, 8; Kathryn Coryley, 7; Alma Buhnerkempe, 7, all of Chatham, and consultant Rylee Britton, 18, from Springfield. All victims died of blunt force trauma.

Six other children were injured at the crime scene and hospitalized. Two have been published since then.

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Akers was not injured in the crash and taken to the hospital for evaluation. Kelly said she made blood and urine samples available at that time.

He confirmed that toxicological screenings came negatively for all forms of alcohol, including ethanol, isopropanol, methanol and all substances, including benzodiazepine, amphetamines, cocaine, opiates, cannabinoids and phencyclidine.

In the press release that ISP published on Tuesday, the incident states that “no targeted attack seemed to be”. During the press conference on Thursday, Kelly confirmed this explanation.

“If you think about this terminology, a targeted attack, this implies a certain intention or a specific motive or a connection with any type, a connection between the person, in this case, the driver and this location,” he said. “And there is only no evidence that indicated that this was intended as a kind of mass violence or terrorist attack or something along these natures.

Although he would not confirm how quickly Akers' car drove at the time of the impact, Kelly said that her car had over 1,300 feet covered “pre- and after-Impact”- remotely covered- information that ISP received with photography, drones, videos, diagrams and other information on site.

Kelly said ISP published the day after Akers' name because he was “already out there” and that the confirmation of her name did not provide any information that had not yet been publicly confirmed.

“We offer the family, friends and the Chatham community our sincere and warm condolences in this difficult time,” said Kelly before being asked at the press conference to observe a moment of silence for the victims and survivors.

The Chatham schools were closed until Friday.

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