Parent and child are injured when car crashes into elementary school in Kansas City
A student and a parent were injured Wednesday morning when an SUV crashed into Summit Pointe Elementary School in southern Kansas City, according to school officials.
The wreck occurred about 9:45 a.m. during morning drop-off when a Nissan SUV turned into the circular drive of the school at 13100 E. 147th Street, according to Kansas City police.
Instead of following the driveway to the right, the SUV continued straight and struck the school building, according to police.
The driver was a 44-year-old Kansas City woman and the student was a 7-year-old child. Both suffered serious injuries that were not considered life-threatening, according to police. No one else was injured in the crash.
The school was examined by the city’s dangerous buildings department and was determined it could be inhabited, police said.
Summit Pointe Elementary School is part of the Lee’s Summit School District. The district posted information about the incident on Twitter.
This story was originally published April 17, 2019 at 12:49 PM.
