LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Parents and their children are still shaken up after Tuesday's deadly daycare van crash.
One person is dead, several are still in the hospital.
"Two of my nieces are in critical care," said aunt Roniece Baker. "Both have to get facial reconstruction due to their faces smashing into a hard surface. We aren't sure what surface. My youngest nephew he is doing good he was still in the hospital to check on his abdomen."
Baker brought balloons for her sisters 3 children who were rushed over to Kosair after Tuesday's crash.
"The youngest, 8 months, is in the hospital and we don't know when they will come home," said Baker.
Tuesday around 5:00 p.m. on Algonquin parkway near Wingfield Avenue, a Heavenly Angels childcare van slammed in to a tree not far from the day care on Dixie Highway.
What caused the driver to lose control and crash is still unknown. Children were rushed to Kosair, unloaded on stretchers clenching their stuffed animals.
The adult passenger, who has been identified as 31-year-old Tiffany Belk, died at University Hospital. The driver is at University as well in critical condition.
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Parents and family members saw it all unfold on the news.
"Hearing it from the news and not hearing it from the daycare is very very upsetting," said Baker.
Parents WAVE 3 spoke to said they have made complaints against the driver of the van in the past and have had problems with their children not being properly secured in their seats.
They fear this time, the van may have been overloaded as well, without the children properly secured.
"The oldest, 4 years old, couldn't have been in a seat belt to have massive reconstruction," said Baker. "Her face hit something."
Doctors at Kosair said the children's injuries range from broken bones, lacerations, bruises, to internal injuries.
Out of the 14 children brought in on Tuesday, six are still in the hospital, three of them are in the intensive care unit.
"Any patient in the ICU has serious issues whether it's trauma or medical condition," said Kosair Medical Director Dr. Stephen Wright.
Dr. Wright says two of the three children may be taken out of the ICU on Wednesday.
Some of the other patients may be discharged on Wednesday as well.
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Tuesday's accident scene on Algonquin Parkway near Wingfield Drive.
Children being taken to the hospital after the accident.
A child being taken to the hospital after the accident.
The Heavenly Angels Childcare Center on Dixie Highway.
