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Charges laid in Richmond Hill daycare crash that left toddler dead, another child critically injured

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York Regional Police say a driver who crashed into a Richmond Hill daycare has been charged with dangerous driving causing death after a toddler was killed and several other children were injured on Wednesday afternoon.

The crash occurred at First Roots Early Education Academy located in the area of Yonge Street and Nottingham Drive, near 19th Avenue, around 3 p.m.

Officers arrived to find 10 people, including seven children and three staff members, injured after an SUV came crashing through the front of the daycare. The victims were transported to hospital and a one-and-a-half-year-old boy was subsequently pronounced dead.

In an update on Thursday morning, police confirmed that one child remains in critical condition and the remaining five injured children sustained non-life-threatening injuries. Three staff members were also injured in the incident.

The children injured in the collision range in age from one-and-a-half to three years old.

The driver, a man in his 70s, has now been charged with dangerous driving causing death and dangerous operation causing bodily harm.

“I can tell you that the initial information suggests the vehicle was in the parking lot at the time and, for reasons unknown, drove through the front of the window,” Const. Kevin Nebrija said on Wednesday.

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