Two nursery school children were killed and 14 others were injured when a car slammed into a group of them as they were being escorted to a park Monday in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, police said.
Yumeno Osanai, 4, and Hinako Moriyama, 3, were confirmed dead, police said. They were among a group of 33 children, aged 1 to 6, and five Kobato nursery school employees walking in line along the side of the street when the car plowed into them at around 10 a.m.
Of the injured, two, Yuzuki Fukuchi, 5, and Moena Hirai, 5, were in critical condition as of Monday evening.