GEAUGA COUNTY, Ohio — Officials confirmed that two children were hit by a vehicle near View Drive and Elm Drive in Newbury Township at around 8 a.m. on Thursday morning.

It happened in the Kiwanis Lake Community, where students gather at the local center for the morning bus to school.

Geauga County Sheriff Scott Hildenbrand says two siblings, a 12-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy, were standing in the parking lot when they were hit by a young driver who was dropping off her sister.

"As she (the driver) came across into the parking lot, the sister was acting up in the back seat," Hildenbrand explained. "She turned to yell at her sister to settle down and took her eyes off the parking lot."

He adds that the driver didn't realize what happened.

"They were both hit with the front of t

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