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Police: 4 Children Injured When Car Crashes Into Bucks County Day Care

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Police: 4 Children Injured When Car Crashes Into Bucks County Day Care
Police: 4 Children Injured When Car Crashes Into Bucks County Day Care
Howard Monroe reports.

6:00 STARTS RIGHT NOW.JUST A NIGHTMARE AT DAYCARE, A CAR CRASHES THROUGH ABUILDING, INJURING CHILDREN.BREAKING NEW DEVELOPMENTSABOUT THEIR CONDITIONS, ANDTHE CARS PATH OF DESTRUCTION,AS WE GET ON THE AIR TONIGHT,AT 6:00.GOOD EVENING, I'M UKEEWASHINGTON.I'M NATASHA BROWN IN FORJESSICA KARTALIJA.WE ARE STREAMING LIVE ON CBSNPHILLY.PARENT, FIRST RESPONDERS RUSHTO THE SCENE IN BUCKS COUNTY,STORY UNFOLDING AT CHILDREN OFAMERICA DAY CARE ON KNOWLESAVENUE IN SOUTHAMPTON.THAT IS WHERE "EYEWITNESSNEWS" REPORTER HOWARD MONROE'SLIVE WITH BREAKINGDEVELOPMENTS FOR US, HOWARD.REPORTER: WELL, IT IS ACOMPLETELY DIFFERENT SCENE.FIRE FIGHTERS, INVESTIGATORSHAVE LEFT AND BUILDING HASBEEN SHOURD UP, FOR THEEVENING.FOUR CHILDREN WERE INJUREDWHEN THAT CAR CRASHED THROUGHTHE BUILDING.INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY WERETAKING A NAP AT THE TIME.ONE SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIESAND NOW BEING TREATED ATCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OFPHILADELPHIA BUCKS COUNTYDISTRICT ATTORNEY OFFICE SAYSTHE ROOM, CAR CRASHED INTO HASHAD 17 CHILDREN AT THE TIME,THE CRASH HAPPENED AT 1:30THIS AFTERNOON.INVESTIGATORS SAY IMPACT WASSO SEVERE THAT THE CAR WENTDEEP INTO THE BUILDING.POLICE SAY MANY CHILDREN WERETAKING A NAP, THEY SAYCHILDREN WHO WERE HURT AREBETWEEN THREE AND FOUR YEARSOLD.THE EXTENT OF THE CHILDREN'SINJURIES ARE NOT YET KNOWN BUTTHEY WERE ALL TAKEN TOABINGTON HOSPITAL, ONETRANSFERRED TO CHOP.POLICE SAY DRIVER OF THEVEHICLE IS FROM PHILADELPHIA.SHE WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJUREDBUT TAKEN TO ST.

MARY'SHOSPITAL.HERE IS BUCKS COUNTY FIRSTASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEYGREG SHORE TALKING ABOUT THEINVESTIGATION.AT THE TIME OF THE CRASHTHERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 75KIDS IN THE BUILDING, ALL OFTHOSE KIDS ACCOUNTED FOR,PARENTS HAVE BEEN CALLED, ALLKIDS HAVE BEEN PICKED UP, ANDTHE PARENTS OF THE INJUREDKIDS ARE WITH THE KIDS AS WESPEAK.OUR OFFICE IN CONGESTION WITHTHE UPPER SOUTHAMPTON POLICEDEPARTMENT, AND THE BUCKSCOUNTY CRASH TASK FORCE AREJOINTLY INVESTIGATING THISMATTER AS WE SPEAK.REPORTER: D.A.'S OFFICE DIDNOT GIVE WOMAN'S NAME ONLY SAYSHE'S BETWEEN 50 AND 60 YEARSTHEY ALSO SAY THAT SHE WASHERE MAKING A DELIVERY AT THETIME AND IN THE CLEAR IF SHEWILL FACE CHARGES.THEY SAY THAT SHE ISCOOPERATING WITH THE

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