CHATHAM, Ill. (WCIA) -- The Sangamon County State's Attorney announced Thursday he will not charge the driver of the Jeep that crashed into the YNOT Afterschool Camp in Chatham.

The Jeep hit 10 people, and the crash killed four children and one teenager in late April. A monthslong investigation concluded Marianne Akers, the driver, had a medical episode that was most likely a seizure. Her toxicology report came back negative for any drugs or alcohol.

Her lawyer, W. Scott Hanken, always knew that would be the case.

"We knew all things considered that she was not driving recklessly," he told WCIA Thursday. "She was not doing anything out of the ordinary. She was returning home from work like it would have been when she suffered this unforeseen seizure."

Hanken also said this conclusion c

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