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WEBVTT BUT BEFORE THEY COULD ARRIVE,TWO KIDS WERE HIT.DOZENS OF 911 CALLS POURED IFROM DRIVERS ON DURING THE275 EVENING RUSH, DESCRIBING ABIZARRE SCENE.>> THERE ARE ABOUT 20 KIDSTRYING TO CROSS THE EXPRESSWAY,THEY'VE MADE IT OUT TO THEMIDDLE AND I DON'T SEE HOWTHEY'RE GOING TO MAKE IT ALL THEWAY ACROSS WITHOUT ONE OF THEMGETTING HIT.AMANDA: IT ALL UNFOLDED ONWESTBOUND 275 RIGHT BEFORE THECOLERAIN EXIT.JUST MOMENTS AFTER THAT CALL,TWO KIDS WERE STRUCK, ANDINJURED ON THE INTERSTATE.>> WE'VE GOT HIT PEOPLE ON 275WEST AT COLERAIN AVENUE.PEOPLE HIT ON THE HIGHWAY.AMANDA: DRIVERS JUMPED OUT OFTHEIR CARS, RUSHING TO THE YOUNGVICTIMS.>> THEY AR CONSCIOUS.THEY ARE MOVING.ONE'S JUST KIND OF IN SHOCK,SHE KEEPS SAYING SHE DOESN'TWANT TO DIE, DOESN'T WANT TODIE, SHE DOESN'T WANT TO DIE.AMANDA: POLICE BELIEVE THE KIDSCAME FROM CLIPPARD PARK NEARBYBUT DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DECIDEDTO PLAY IN TRAFFIC.WITNESSES SAY THE DRIVCOULDN'T HIT THE BREAKS IN TIME.THE CRASH, BRINGING THE HIGHWAYTO A HAULT-- HOPE.AHLHALT.-- HALT.

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Police said at least two kids were hit by a vehicle on Interstate 275 near Colerain Avenue on Wednesday.Dispatchers said the crash happened as a group of around a dozen young people were trying to cross the highway before 5 p.m.The two kids were taken to Children’s Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and their parents were notified.The westbound lanes of the interstate were closed briefly, but have since reopened.Dozens of 911 calls poured in from drivers on 275 during the evening rush, describing the bizarre scene.“There are about 20 kids trying to cross the expressway, they've made it out to the middle and I don't see how they're going to make it all the way across without one of them getting hit,” a caller reported to dispatchers.Just moments after that call, two juveniles were struck and injured on the interstate. “We've got hit people on 275 West at Colerain Ave. People hit on the highway,” another 911 caller said.Drivers jumped out of their cars, rushing to the young victims.“Yes they're conscious, they're moving. They're conscious and moving,” a driver reported. “One's just kind of in shock, she keeps saying she doesn't want to die, doesn't want to die, she doesn't want to die.”Police believe the kids came from Clippard Park nearby, but don’t know why they decided to play in traffic.“I'm not sure what they're trying to do. It just looked like they were trying to cross the highway, it looked like at 4:30 in the afternoon not to be a good idea,” the caller said.Witnesses say the driver couldn’t hit the brakes in time, bringing the highway traffic to a halt.“They tried to cross four lanes, they waited until they saw two lanes were clear and the third lane got them. There was no way that car could have seen them,” a driver reported.