SUV crashes into South Side daycare, injuring child, relative, and teacher
By Accident.NEWS
Publish Date: April 29, 2023
Three people were injured, but no one was seriously hurt.
Three people, including a child, were injured after an SUV crashed into a daycare center on Chicago's South Side on Friday morning. The incident occurred at Raekwons Scholastic Daycare Academy, located in the 200-block of West 79th Street in the West Chatham neighborhood.
According to officials, the crash took place at around 8:15 a.m. on Friday. A 4-year-old child, who was in the vehicle, was taken to Comer Children's Hospital in good condition, and the child's relative, who was driving, remained stable. One female teacher from the daycare was taken to a hospital to be treated for cuts, as well. Fortunately, no children from the daycare were injured.
Video footage from one of the daycare's security cameras shows the SUV pulling into the lot and then a parking space before suddenly surging forward and crashing into the building. Some of the building's windows were shattered.
"The car came in from the residential side, which is the west side of the parking lot, and he didn't hit his brakes, and it looks like he just drove directly through the glass, like he might've tried to hit his brakes and he hit the accelerator," said Raekwon Neighbors, the owner of the daycare. "All the kids are safe. No one was hurt. None of the kids was hurt."
Chicago police officers were on the scene, and the investigation is ongoing.
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Incident at a Glance
- Parties Involved:
- child, child's relative, female teacher
- Vehicles:
- SUV
- State:
- Illinois
- City:
- Chicago
- Location:
- Raekwons Scholastic Daycare Academy, 200-block of West 79th Street, Chicago
- Date of Incident:
- 2023-04-28
- Time of Incident:
- about 8:15 a.m.
Raekwons Scholastic Daycare Academy, 200-block of West 79th Street, Chicago
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