”the Car crashed into a group of 13 children and three teachers walked on the sidewalk,” said police in a statement.

the Children and two of their teachers were taken to hospital after the accident. A boy and a girl, both two years old, died of his injuries in hospital and the condition of two children is critical, according to the japanese media organisation NHK.

According to police, the accident occurred after a car collided with a larger vehicle and then come up on the sidewalk where the children and their teachers were.

the Two women, the drivers of the two vehicles, has been arrested, said police.