Children are being picked up by parents from a West Side day-care center after a car smashed into the building about 10 this morning. Abdi Issa, an owner of Jubba Day Care at 3770 W. Broad St., said no children were injured.

Children are being picked up by parents from a West Side day-care center after a car smashed into the building about 10 this morning.



Abdi Issa, an owner of Jubba Day Care at 3770 W. Broad St., said no children were injured.



Idil Jama, a teacher at the center, thought the car was in reverse when she pressed on the gas, Issa said. The car went forward instead and smashed into a classroom of 3- and 4-year-olds.



Ten kids and two teachers were in the classroom, he said. About 70 children were in the building.



Jama was taken to a hospital as a precaution but he did not think she was seriously injured. He was told that she had a temporary driver�s license or learner�s permit. He did not know her age but said she was probably 25 to 30.



The building is being inspected for structural damage and is closed for the rest of the day, Issa said. Parents were coming to pick up the kids, who were waiting in a Central Ohio Transit Authority bus.



He was unsure whether the day-care center would be open on Tuesday.

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