Horrific footage shows the moment an SUV plowed into four children waiting at an intersection in Kansas as they walked to school.
Police said the girls were going to Pawnee Elementary School around 7.30am on Thursday with an adult when two vehicles collided at 87th and Grant streets, local media outlets reported.
The girls were all injured, one critically, but all are expected to survive.
The footage first shows a red Ford making a left turn at the intersection as two of the children can be seen waiting at the traffic lights.
Horrific footage shows the moment an SUV plowed into four children waiting at an intersection in Kansas as they walked to school
The light for the cars driving Westbound on 87th Street shifts from yellow to red.
As the light turns red, a Toyota Highlander comes into view hits the front of the Fusion turning right and veers into the northwest intersection where five children were waiting to cross.
A third vehicle then crashed into the Ford that was turning right, which had stopped in the middle of the intersection.
An Overland park police chief told DailyMail.com Friday: ‘All the girls are in a serious but stable condition.
‘There was a child in critical but she was elevated to a stable condition at the crosswalk.’
He said the accidental report may be completed over the weekend or Friday and charges are pending against the drivers involved.
KCTV5 reported that one adult was with the children.
The children and an adult can be seen in the far right corner waiting for the traffic lights to give them right of way
The footage first shows a red car making a left turn at the intersection as two of the children can be seen waiting at the traffic lights at 87th and Grant Streets
Two of the drivers were also went to the hospital for minor injuries.
Overland Park Police Chief Frank Donchez posted the video on Twitter Friday, with the caption: ‘WARNING: Graphic video. This is the crash that the @OverlandPark_PD investigated yesterday injuring four school children.
Overland Park police said the children were walking to Pawnee Elementary School, which is a few blocks to the south.
Steve Parker, an officer investigating the horrific collision, told The Kansas City Star that no citations have been issued as yet.
Police had initially indicated that the collision was caused by the SUV which ran the red light and crashed into the children.
As the red car is turning at the intersection, an SUV coming straight in the opposite direction seems to hit the red car which sends it careering in to the children standing at the lights
The grey colored SUV is then seen plowing into the group of children who were on their way to school
Motorists get out of their car and are seen running over to assist the injured people
Parker said an investigation would determine the specific cause of the crash.
The footage does not show when specifically the SUV entered the intersection.
Parker said he did not anticipate criminal charges connected to the crash.
‘Sometimes accidents are just bad accidents but that doesn’t mean they’re criminal,’ he said Thursday.
Overland Park Police Chief Frank Donchez said the children were walking to Pawnee Elementary School, which is a few blocks to the south
Steve Parker, an officer investigating the horrific collision, told The Kansas City Star that no citations have been issued as yet. A white car is then seen crashing into the back of the red car which had been turning right
Locals in the area expressed their shock at what happened and wished the children a speedy recovery.
Resident Maudie Stice saw the aftermath of the collision when she went for a walk on Thursday morning.
She said: ‘Oh my, that’s hard. It was not a good morning, or not a good day for everybody.
‘They [drivers] should remember to slow down and watch the children.’
Chief Frank Donchez said of the video footage: ‘It was difficult to watch because you see them running over these kids. To see four children mowed down like that, it was a miracle that the injuries weren’t worse.’
Police said the children were going to Pawnee Elementary School at around 7.30 am with an adult on Thursday when two vehicles collided at 87th and Grant streets
The footage was viewed over 11,000 times since it was uploaded on Twitter with many wishing the victims a speedy recovery. The image above shows the scene where the incident occurred
The footage was viewed more than 11,000 times since it was uploaded on Twitter, with many wishing the victims a speedy recovery.
One named Greg Riess said: ‘Hard to watch, but important as a teaching tool for our community. Miracle the injuries are not more severe. We need to slow down and pay attention. Love the witnesses moving in to help.’
Another one named Matt Staub said: ‘Obvious red-light-running issues aside, serious question: are any of these vehicles traveling at or below posted speed limits? Our streets are unsafe by design.’
Another named sdmrco claimed: ‘It’s amazing the number of motorists who believe, or act as if they believe, the rules of the road apply to everyone else, but not them.’