Nineteen children hospitalized after car crashes into preschool in California

Nineteen children and an employee were hospitalized after a car crashed into a California preschool.

Ambulances transported fourteen children to local hospitals on Thursday after a  Suzuki sport utility vehicle crashed into Great Adventures Christian Preschool in Anderson, California.   

The SUV ended up completely inside the main area of the building, according to a Police Department photo and Facebook statement. 

Police said the majority of those transported were for ‘precautionary reasons,’ with two of the children taken to a pediatric intensive care unit at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, AP reported. 

Five other children were taken to the hospital by parents, police said.  

According to the Anderson Police Department, two kids were pinned under the vehicle when they arrived.

At the time of the crash (pictured) there were nineteen children and at least two staff members in the preschool

Nineteen children were hospitalized after a car crashed into into Great Adventures Christian Preschool in Anderson, California (pictured)

No fatalities have been reported and police said the severity of the injuries are currently unknown.  

The driver, a woman from Anderson, cooperated with authorities, didn’t show any sign of being under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and was released after providing a statement, police said. 

No arrest have been made and the cause of the crash is under investigation, police said.

At the time of the crash there were nineteen children and at least two staff members in the preschool.