Please keep us up to date on their condition..It is so very sad. My prayers go to the family. We need a crossing guard at that intersection. The kids could be 2 ft away from the cross walk but they choose to cross in the middle. I pray that they are alright.

People drive fast up and down WISE AVE.Usually the cops are around. I hope and pray that kids are alright and return home .

i was there my prayers go out to them and there family they ran out in traffic cars that stop should not waive others to go and cross the street the silver car diddnt see them until it was to late i pray those kids will be fine but they do need a crossing guard county can put a speed camera in they need a crossing guard

my husband was ther said the girl looked pretty bad n boy might have broken leg,i kno people are saying they were jaywalking but u are in a school zone n that means slow down n be careful.if anyone knows the condition or name of the kids please let us knowour prayers are with the kids n their family.we pray they will be ok!!!

even though there high school students there should still be crossing gards or officers that road is to well used

my husband was right there and gave a statement. the guy was going atleast 40 mph... he also cut someone off at the light before hand. of course he will say they were jaywalking and whatever else. i hope the parents of the children take him to court. if it were my children. the guy would be in the hospital as well.

most of these kids have no respect for traffic and just dare you to hit them,I see it everyday as they walk in Gangs ,they stand in the streets as traffic is moving instead of on the sidewalk,the Police should be snatching these kids up and give them the riot act for Jay Walking.They need to pay attension.

The guy in the slow lane hit them. so if the slow lane is going 40 mph how fast was the guy in the fast lane going; and he was able to stop.

Funny thing is we pay to have a Baltimore County Police officer at all schools but we still see jay walking, kids smoking, kids cutting class, kids brining in guns and so on.

Did the speed camera pick up the cars speeding?

It is not rational to think that putting a police officer in the building is going ot keep teenagers from crossing the street when they shouldn't, smoking, or cutting class. How in the world is a police officer going to patrol four streets that surround this building while 1500 children dismiss?

If the car was speeding, it was speeding. But in regards to getting hit, if the children crossed the road in the middle of Wise Ave., while traffic was present, they are at fault.

My daughter goes to that school and i have to be really careful when I pick her up. I expect the knuckle head kids to run in front of my car so I drive very slowly. Being an adult means knowing how kids act and we need to act accordingly. I was there and it looked like a war zone. Hope they reciver fully and everyone learns a valuable lesson from this.

I hope they are alright and the driver that hit them. It is going to have a psychological effect on all of them. I see the kids everyday jaywalking.They could be honestly 2 ft away from the crosswalk and refuse to cross in it. Kids do not know how to properly cross the street. They don't know why the cross button is there and which light to cross on. If they do get in the crosswalk, they cross on green as the cars are getting ready to go. I believe there was a student last year or the year before that was hit by a car in the evening. She was jaywalking in the dark and not wearing any visible colors. When do we hold the parents and children responsible for their actions!! I physically taught my kids since they were younger how to cross a street. This generation seems to think that it is always someones else's fault.

I hope the students recover. For the police the problem involves he right of way and along that stretch students are always crossing at the wrong places. I'm surprised there are not more of these accidents.

If they don't use the designated crosswalk they are in violation. If the police can prove negligence on he part of the drive he also can be charged.

My original comment was deleted so I will repeat. what was the speed the driver was doing? If it was over the speed limit by a good amount than jaywalking isn't the only problem. These are school age people we're talking about here, not adults. So following the letter of the law might not be appropriate in this situation. They are a work in progress. Lets not be so quick to condemn them for their lack of wisdom. We are the adults and need to come up with a solution. I don't know whether the school administration has informed the student body of the dangers or not. I'd like to know whether there is an emphasis on that inside the school. And I've seen grown men in high places walk right out in front of vehicles. I had occasion several years ago to pull a man back to safety after he walked in front of on-coming cars in Towson. Drivers need to respect the fact that school zones need special alert while driving. And lets all pray these youngsters heal.

At some point they should realize that right is right and wrong is wrong. My girls are 20, 16 and 12.My husband and I took the time to teach them how to cross a street. I let my girls know that they are not invincible. So while high school kids are young..I don't expect them to know what career they are going in to or how to run a budget...BUT I do expect them to know something as so basic as crossing the street correctly. There is no excuse for any teenager to be jaywalking nor adults. If the driver was speeding then he will get a ticket and a scare of his lifetime, Also, I think the school should have taken the initiative this morning and talk to the students while they were in class. Let them know the importance of crossing correctly AND followed up with the parents reinforcing it when their kids get home. My daughter said that they only said that 2 students were hit by a car. They certainly lost an opportunity to reach these kids today.

In many states there are blinking lights on around school zones with 15 mph speed limits that are strictly enforced. And lets get real. Two kids walking along talking are probably not thinking about the plus' & minus' of jaywalking. These are kids. And if all the driver gets is a ticket for speeding then something is wrong with the law. He hit 2 humans with his car. There is no excuse for that. Whenever pedestrians are present it is the responsibility of the driver to watch for them. Not the other way around for pete's sake. Read your driver handbook shell9

That means there is even more of a problem then I first realized. If two school children were run over by a car near a school and there were no charges then there are other issues even worse than the accident. The entire area should be treated as a school zone with the same caution by drivers as a cross-walk. That is just plain common sense. How many more must be run over before things change?

Thats a real easy one. Duh. Adjacent to schools like in this case. Bet you could figure that out yourself, though.

Police have determined that the driver was not at fault. So unless we were there with a radar gun, we do not know if he was speeding. There are no skid marks on the road. Clearly the first car that they ran in front of stopped in time. When they proceeded, then they were hit by a car that did not even see them. He had reasonable thinking that no one would be stepping out on him. It's tragic to all involved, but these kids need to follow this basic rule that they should have learned when they were like 10 years old..Learn to use the crosswalk when crossing...It's most of the kids in the school that walk home. I think it would not hurt if the resource officer walked outside around 2:15 and direct the kids to the cross walk. Give them a citation if they Jaywalk..Extreme but our kids are going to continue to get hit by cars..

You know, just because a pedestrian has the right of way (wherever it is) does not relieve them of the responsibilty to themselves and their families to watch out. Many a deceased pedestrian out there who was in the right. 150 lb person vs 3000 lb auto = no contest.

Try to drive past or around the schools. Drivers all over especially wise/holabird corridor speed and routinely cut each other off and refuse right of way. There is NO enforcement of road laws, pedestrian included. The kids are taught THEY have the right of way as a pedestrian instead of being responsible for crossing at the corners or crosswalks. They'd curse and spit on a crossing guard..are you kidding me??? Our parenting, education and law enforcement failures lying in the middle of the street...again... Driver and pedestrians at fault.

Jay, good comment. I drive by there every day and see the same thing.

You condescending fools. These are children, not adults. If they were fully responsible adults they wouldn't be walking home from SCHOOL! You cluck your tongues and look down your noses because you don't want to be disturbed by watching out for youngsters near schools. Shame on you. Better to tie a millstone around your neck than to harm one of the little ones. Sound familiar? If not try reading the bible.

My girls are 12, 16, and 20 years old. I expect them to know how to cross a street. I expect them to be responsible at their age to know right from wrong. I expect them to follow rules and not break laws. Something that has been instilled in them since they were toddlers, through elementary, middle and high school. I raise my kids to know that it is not all about them and the world doesn't revolve around them. Some thing so basic as crossing the street in the crosswalk should be a given. If the kids are breaking the most basic of rules, then I blame the parents for not being proactive. By the time kids are in High school they should know what is expected of them and how to follow basic safety rules. We have kids in this country learning how to drive at 16..They better know what the rules are.....I'm a christian and I can say that in the bible.....TEENAGE kids were running family business and having families..They knew how to be responsible.