3 babies hurt when SUV hits Redmond day-care center

Three babies were taken to area hospitals this afternoon after being injured when a midsize sport-utility vehicle ran into a day-care center across from Microsoft's main complex in Redmond.

The youngsters were in an infant room for babies 3 to 9 months old in the Childtime Children's Center shortly after 4 p.m. when the vehicle crashed through the building wall, said Capt. Rob Torrey, spokesman for the Redmond Fire Department.

Two of the unidentified youngsters were taken to Overlake Hospital Medical Center in Bellevue for treatment, Torrey said. One was taken to Seattle's Harborview Medical Center.

The day-care center, which Torrey said is private, is in the middle of the Archstone at Redmond Campus apartment complex in the 4300 block of 156th Avenue Northeast.

"We don't know what happened, or why," Torrey said.

The center usually cares for 45 to 50 youngsters daily, Torrey said. Seven babies were in the infant room where the three were hurt.

Torrey said at least half the vehicle entered the building. He said the vehicle had been in the day-care center's parking lot. The unidentified female driver was not injured, he said.

Charles E. Brown: 206-464-2206 or cbrown@seattletimes.com