Update: Woman, 3 Children Struck By Car This Morning

Editor’s Note: Initial reports from the scene indicated that 2 children were injured. The correct information is that 3 children were injured.

Update:

Three children and an adult were injured in a collision with a car this morning in Pleasant Hill, California Highway Patrol officials said.

A report of the collision came in at 7:08 a.m. near Second Avenue and Shadowood Drive, CHP officials said.

A silver Ford Focus was going east at about 15 mph on Second Avenue when the driver turned on the car’s windshield wipers, according to the CHP. The driver was trying to clear dew from the car’s windshield when the collision occurred, CHP officials said.

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Two girls, 3 and 5, were taken by helicopter to University of California at San Francisco Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland with injuries that are not considered life-threatening.

Another child and adult went to a separate hospital for treatment, according to the CHP.

The Ford’s driver stopped and cooperated with officers, CHP officials said.

Anyone who witnessed the collision is asked to call the CHP at (925) 978-3918.

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Earlier:

Three people, including two children, were struck by a car in Pleasant Hill this morning, a Contra Costa County Fire Protection District fire marshal said.

The collision was reported at 7:08 a.m. near Second Avenue and Shadowood Drive involving what is believed to be a mother and two children hit by a vehicle, Fire Marshal Robert Marshall said.

Two of the victims were airlifted by helicopter to a hospital, Marshall said.

He did not have any information on their condition.

The California Highway Patrol is investigating the collision and has units on scene, CHP Officer John Fransen said.

--Bay City News