Worker temporarily trapped after van hits daycare west of Edmonton

A van crashed into the kitchen area of Young Champions Daycare in Stony Plain, Alta. on June 4, 2026, injuring a worker. (Credit: RCMP)

A daycare employee became trapped after a van drove into the side of the facility on Thursday.

Emergency crews were called to Young Champions Daycare on 48 Street in Stony Plain, Alta., at 10:55 a.m.

The building had been evacuated by the time emergency crews arrived and all 18 children were accounted for according to RCMP.

The Stony Plain Fire Department was called to conduct an emergency rescue operation involving one person, according to the Town of Stony Plain.

RCMP confirmed that the person who had to be rescued was the employee.

“She was in that room [where the van crashed] and a large amount of debris was laying on her from the collision, and the gas line had ruptured and was feeding into that room,” Insp. Kevin McGillivray of the Parkland RCMP detachment told reporters on Thursday afternoon.

“The fire department quickly did what they could to secure that room and extricated her in a timely manner.”

The woman, who is in her 20s, was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

A spokesperson for the daycare said the employee was cooking when the crash happened.

“We’re all concerned about her,” she told CTV News Edmonton.

“I really can’t understand how she might have felt when everything fell upon her.”

McGillivray said the driver of the van, who is in his 30s, was also taken to hospital.

The building remained evacuated because of the gas leak.

As of 2:10 p.m. the gas leak had been resolved and all children had been picked up by their parents.

Drivers were asked to continue to avoid the area.

“Now that the scene is stable, we will continue our investigation into the collision, including the actions of the driver leading up to the incident,” McGillivray said.

Anyone with dashcam or security video from the complex from where the daycare is located is asked to contact Parkland RCMP at 825-220-7267.

Stony Plain is about 40 kilometres west of Edmonton.

With files from CTV News Edmonton’s Miriam Valdes-Carletti