ANDERSON, Calif. - — Nineteen children were injured Thursday when a vehicle crashed into a day care center in California, authorities said.,
According to the Anderson Police Department, 19 children and at least two staff members were inside the building at the Great Adventures Christian Preschool/Daycare when the vehicle crashed into it at 2:30 p.m. PST, KRCR-TV reported.
Update 1:42 a.m. EST March 4: Fourteen children were taken to an area hospital by ambulances, while five others were driven by their parents, KRCR-TV reported.
There were no reported fatalities, police told the television station.
Original report: Officials at Mercy Medical Center in Redding confirmed that eight patients were transferred to the hospital, the television station reported.
BREAKING NEWS: A car crashes into a daycare on Falls Ferry Road in Anderson. https://t.co/J5PLoQD5UM
— KRCR News Channel 7 (@KRCR7) March 3, 2022
The streets surrounding the day care center are blocked off, according to the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office.
The condition of the patients is unknown, KHSL-TV reported.
Officers on the scene said there were no reported fatalities, according to KRCR.
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