14 Children Hospitalized After Car Crashes into Northern California Daycare
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Fourteen children were hospitalized after a Suzuki SUV crashed into Great Adventures Preschool and Daycare in Anderson, California.
The incident occurred Thursday afternoon just before 2:30 p.m., the Anderson Police Department announced in a statement. 19 children and two adults were inside the daycare located on the corner of Balls Ferry Road and Martha Street when the car collided into the building.
No fatalities are expected and the majority of the 14 children were hospitalized "for varying level of injures" as a precautionary measure, police said. KRCR-TV reported that the other five children were taken to local hospitals by their parents.
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A Mass Casualty Incident was declared due to the number of potential injuries, the police department said in the news release. Authorities added that the driver of the Suzuki SUV is an Anderson woman who was not impaired at the time of the crash. She was fully cooperative with police and released after speaking to them, police said.
A number of other agencies including the Shasta County District Attorney's Office, Mercy Medical Center, Redding Police Department, Shasta County Sheriff's Office, Shasta Regional Medical Center and California Highway Patrol offered assistance at the scene of the crash.
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An investigation is ongoing, with more details expected to be released soon.
The Anderson Police Department didn't immediately return PEOPLE's request for comment.
Anyone with information about this case is urged to contact SHASCOM dispatch at 530-245-6526.
