A “change of plea” hearing is set for Tuesday for the driver of a car that plowed into a preschool in Anderson and injured 20 people. Two counts of felony reckless driving and 14 misdemeanor charges were filed last April against 22-year-old Courtney Dearman. On March 3rd of 2022, nineteen young children and one adult were injured when a Suzuki Grand Vitara driven by Dearman smashed through a wall and entered Great Adventures Christian Preschool and Daycare, a cinder block building at the corner of Balls Ferry Road and Martha Street. Anderson Police say the incident started when some teenage boys playing basketball nearby saw then-18-year-old Taylor Dearman walk by. He’s Courtney’s brother. He had been in a recent fight with one of the boys, and three of them started chasing Dearman on foot, while two others got into a car to chase him. Dearman called his mother and sister, who were eating at a nearby restaurant, to come get him so he wouldn’t get beat up. Courtney and her mother left the restaurant and drove down Balls Ferry Road looking for Taylor. That’s when Courtney somehow crashed into the building. Two of the teens who had been chasing Taylor heard the crash and ran to help, one of them pulling a child to safety. The boys were honored as heroes by the Board of Supervisors. The children have all recovered.