Car hits two children outside Chavez Elementary

A car hit two small children Tuesday morning outside Chavez Elementary in east Salem.

The crash occurred around 7:45 a.m. as families were dropping students off for the day, said Aaron Harada, spokesman for the Salem-Keizer School District. Both children hit were students at the school, he said.

The children were taken to the hospital following the crash.

Harada said the vehicle that hit the students was not a school bus. He did not have…