The lawyer for the driver who crashed into an after school camp in downstate Chatham, Illinois, killing four girls, spoke publicly for the first time Friday.

W. Scott Hanken said his client, 44-year-old Marianne Akers, had a medical incident that caused her to crash through the building housing YNOT Outdoors Summer and After School Camp on Monday afternoon that has since been confirmed to be a seizure.

"She suffered a, what has now been diagnosed and confirmed as a seizure," he said. "It rendered her complete and utterly incapacitated at the time, and as a result of that seizure, she has no recollection of what occurred."

Hanken said his client has no history of seizures. In an update Thursday, Illinois State Police said Akers was not intoxicated at the time of the incident. They said preliminary toxicology testing found no traces of alcohol or cany controlled substances.

State police said they are considering that this could have been the result of a medical emergency.

Six others were also hurt, most of whom have since been released from the hospital, including Akers.

"Our people and all first responders are tough," said ISP Director Brendan Kelly. "But when a child dies, when children die, it weighs on their hearts and on their minds and their souls."

There are no charges pending, but an investigation remains open and active.

Funeral held for Ainsley Johnson

The first funeral for one of the victims was held Friday.

Family and friends will lay eight-year-old Ainsley Johnson to rest Friday afternoon. She is one of three children and one teenage girl who were killed.

Ainsley was in second grade at Glenwood Elementary School. She danced at Studio M Dance Center, and played soccer in the SASA Soccer League, her obit read.

Ainsley would "often sing along to any song she heard," and would take her dad's AirPods when he was mowing the lawn so she could listen to the music he was enjoying, her obit read.

Ainsley also loved art, makeup, swimming, boating, and spending time at a lake—and she always looked forward to family vacations, her obituary said.

Classes in the district also returned to in-person learning Friday. The school district said there will be extra counselors and therapy dogs will be available for students and staff.