( CNN ) -- An SUV slammed into a Cadillac , sending it through the front wall of a Kansas City day care center Tuesday , seriously injuring three children in the building , officials in the western Missouri city said . The three children and an adult -- identified by police as the driver of the SUV -- were taken to hospitals with serious but non-life-threatening injuries , city communications director Danny Rotert said . The crash left a gaping hole in the front of Christian Academy Child Care , where about 40 children were when the Cadillac punched through around 1 p.m. ( 2 p.m. CT ) , Kansas City police Capt . Tye Grant said . The driver of the Cadillac , which for a time trapped two children in the building , ran from the scene , Grant said . However , James Garrett , with the Kansas City Fire Department , later said that the Cadillac was unoccupied . It was parked , he said . The incident started , police say , with the SUV rear-ending the car outside the child care center on 27th Street in central Kansas City . The Cadillac was propelled into the gray one-story building , coming to rest inside , Grant said . Aerial video from CNN affiliate KMBC showed the SUV , its front crumpled , just outside the front of the building , along with a huge hole and debris scattered on the sidewalk . Workers on Tuesday afternoon were trying to shore up the front of the building to ensure it would n't collapse , Rotert said . They then planned to take the Cadillac out of the facility . Officials believed that all children have been accounted for , `` but we are still searching , '' Grant said Tuesday afternoon . CNN 's Janet DiGiacomo and Carma Hassan contributed to this report .
Police : Officials believed that all children have been accounted for . 3 children , 1 adult have serious but non - life - threatening injuries , police says . Police : Rear - view vehicle smashed into daycare center in Kansas City , Missouri .