DENVER, CO – Police are closing their investigation into why a school bus filled with football players and coaches crashed into a pillar at Denver International Airport without being able to find a cause.
The September crash killed the driver, 43-year-old Kari Chopper, and injured 18 passengers from Legacy High School.
There were no mechanical problem with the vehicle, and nothing in Chopper’s history to suggest the crash was intentional. An autopsy found that she had an enlarged heart and that she may have had a medical problem, but that couldn’t be confirmed because of the extent of her injuries.
Chopper was circling back toward the airport terminal for an unknown reason when she crashed.
