Driver released, no charges filed after fatal incident at Stryker Sports Complex

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – Wichita police have released the driver of a truck that crashed into a youth football field during a game, killing two people at the Stryker Sports Complex on Saturday.

Cole Adrian, 6, and Nicholas Schafer, 35, both of McPherson, died in the crash. Ten other people were seriously injured.

Police have taken the 34-year-old driver into custody following Saturday’s crash. They said that after interviews and consultations with the Sedgwick County Prosecutor’s Office, she was “subsequently released pending toxicology test results and a mechanical examination of the vehicle.”

Police said the driver’s two children were in the pickup at the time of the crash. The driver also had another child playing soccer on another field in the complex.

No charges have been filed at this time and investigators continue to work to determine the circumstances that led to the crash.