A woman driving without a license ran over two girls and a man, injuring them all during a wild crash outside an elementary school in New York City, police say. 

NYPD said they arrested Salmata Bah after the children, ages 7 and 14, and man were injured in the chaotic accident in Queens.

Three pedestrians hurt in Astoria crash

Officers said Bah, 35, lost control of her Nissan Versa and drove onto the sidewalk, injuring the three pedestrians, Thursday at the corner of 35th Avenue and 37th Street in Astoria. 

The car spun 360 degrees before it came to a halt with a flat tire around 5:30 p.m., police said.

Detectives said the younger girl was rushed to the hospital with a broken leg and head injury, while the older girl and 58-year-old man also suffered leg injuries. Police sources say the two girls have the same last name, but the 56-year-old is not related to them. 

They remain hospitalized. 

"There's three schools within four blocks of here. It's very chaotic at dismissal time," Xavier Rojas said. "We know at least one of the children, the youngest one. I don't know about the older one." 

"Really scary to here there's young kids," another person said. 

"I saw someone being taken into the police car in cuffs. I saw two people being put onto stretchers right in front of here. It was a lot to take in, a lot of lights, a lot of noise happening, a lot of people confused and scared," a witness told CBS News New York.

Parents say the school the girls attend has been supportive, and brought in counselors.  

Bah was taken into custody at the scene and later charged with reckless endangerment, reckless driving and driving without a license, police said. Police sources said she's never had a valid New York driver's license. 

Bah is being held at the 114th Precinct. The Highway Collision Investigation Squad is investigating how she lost control.

Police did not immediately say if drugs and/or alcohol were involved. 

Parents are minding their kids to be extremely cautious. 

"When it's after school, you have to be careful, because they just go fast," parent Melissa Spanidis said. 

"My mom always tells me make sure you look forward, back, front, back just to make sure nobody, no car," her daughter Mia, who's in the third grade, said. 

Residents are calling for increased safety measures, like speed bumps. 

"I would completely block off this road if I had the chance," one man said. 

"Commuters coming down this road and they drive crazy. There was one incident this morning where a car was just going through where the crossings are, he was speeding past." a woman said. 

2nd driver strikes 4 people at bus shelter

A second crash in Queens happened hours later, just after 7 p.m., at Lefferts Avenue and Liberty Boulevard in South Ozone Park.

A 79-year-old woman turning left onto Liberty swerved to avoid an oncoming vehicle and sideswiped a parked city bus, police said. She then jumped the curb and struck four women who were standing at a bus shelter, according to police.

The pedestrians, all between the ages of 18-70, were taken to the hospital. The driver and her two passengers, as well as two bus passengers, were also hospitalized. 

All of the injuries were non-life-threatening, police said.