Sangamon County State’s Attorney John Milhiser announced Thursday that evidence from deadly crash at an after-school camp in Chatham this spring does not support filing criminal charges.

The accident happened April 28 at 3:20 p.m. when a vehicle left the road and traveled through a field and into the east side of the YNOT Camp building located at 301 Breckenridge Road. Ten children were struck by the vehicle inside the building.

7-year-old Alma Buhnerkempe, 7-year-old Kathryn Corley, 8-year-old Ainsley Johnson and 18-year-old Rylee Britton died at the scene. A fifth victim, 8- year-old Bradley Lund, died later from his injuries.

The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, a 2018 Jeep Wrangler, was Marianne Akers, 44, of Chatham. She was uninjured and transported to the hospital for eva

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