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Teacher killed, toddlers injured when cars crash into Texas daycare play area

One vehicle accelerated into another causing both to crash into a play area after a holiday event at the Boerne preschool

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Investigators work the area of a car crash at main entrance to ExcellED Montessori Preschool on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, in Boerne, Texas.

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BOERNE, Texas — A teacher at a San Antonio-area day care was killed and another employee and five toddlers were injured when a parent’s car accelerated into another vehicle in the parking lot and both vehicles crashed into a play area, authorities said.

The crash happened Thursday afternoon as parents were leaving a holiday performance at the preschool in Boerne. The teacher who died was Alexia Rosales, 22, authorities said.

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said a 23-year-old employee and five 1-year-olds were injured and taken to the hospital.

Sheriff Javier Salazar said a parent had put her children into her vehicle and suddenly accelerated for an unknown reason. He said her vehicle hit another in the parking lot, sending both vehicles through a fence and into an area where students were playing.

“It appears to be just a very tragic accident,” Salazar said.

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