North Rhine-Westphalia: girls get out of the school bus and are hit by the car

Dortmund (dpa / lnw) - Two elementary school students were hit by a car in Dortmund and seriously injured. The seven- and nine-year-old girls had just got off a school bus and were about to cross the street in front of the vehicle. The 75-year-old driver overtook the stationary bus, the police said. At that moment, the girls ran into the street, it said. Witnesses provided first aid until paramedics arrived and took the injured girls to the hospital. The accident happened on Friday afternoon.