Over a dozen children were injured after an SUV plowed into a California preschool. Police say at least 19 children were hurt in the accident.
According to the Anderson Sheriff’s Department, Thursday around 2:30 p.m., the Suzuki SUV veered off-road and slammed into the building in Anderson, Calif. The SUV hit the Great Adventures Christian Preschool at Balls Ferry Road and Martha Street.
At the time of the crash, a total of 19 children and two adults were in the classroom.
Anderson police said, as a precaution, most children who were hospitalized were taken to medical centers.
Fourteen children were transported by ambulance, police said in a statement. Five other children were taken to hospitals by their parents, Anderson Police Chief Jon Poletski told the Redding Record Searchlight.
Poletski was unsure of the extent of the injuries. However, at least two children were taken to UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento for admission to the pediatric intensive care unit, hospital officials later said.
The children were initially taken to three hospitals in Shasta and Tehama counties: Mercy Medical Center in Redding, Shasta Regional Medical Center, and St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff.
