A Florida hospital says a child has died from injuries suffered when a car slammed into an Orlando-area day care center leaving a total of 12 children and one adult injured, CNN reported.
A spokeswoman for Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children said she couldn't release any more information about the victim, including the age and gender, according to CNN. One person at the hospital is in critical condition and five others in serious condition. One has been discharged.
Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman Wanda Diaz says a car went out of control after it was struck by a Dodge Durango, jumped a curb and smashed into the daycare, breaking through the wall and into the building, CNN reported.
That driver of the car which smashed into the daycare wasn't hurt and the Durango and it's driver fled the scene, but were found almost two hours later, according to CNN.
Several of the injured at the KinderCare building in Winter Park were reported to be in "very, very serious condition," said highway patrol spokeswoman Wanda Diaz, CNN reported.
Highway patrol said it is looking for 26-year-old Robert Corchado and added that he was the driver of the Durango, but wouldn't say how they established that, according to CNN. Troopers said Corchado may be trying to leave the area.
"Please keep a lookout and let us know if you see anything," said Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs said. CNN reported. Jacobs called the crash an "absolute tragedy and disaster."
Local television footage showed small children and infants in cribs taken outside on the day care's playground and several of the injured were carried out on stretchers, according to CNN. The day care's website says the center provides childcare and learning opportunities for children ages 6 weeks to 12 years old and has been in the community for over 25 years.
Anyone with information is urged to call the patrol at 407-737-2300 or 911.
