Three children hit by car while playing on pavement

Three children have been rushed to hospital after being hit by a car while playing on the pavement.

The children, two boys and a girl, were taken to hospital after the incident in west Belfast on Sunday evening.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland were called just before 5pm on Sunday following a report that a vehicle has struck the children as it reversed in west Belfast.

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A man has been arrested following the road traffic collision in Black View Ridge.

He was held on suspicion of driving with excess alcohol in breath, causing grievous bodily injury by dangerous driving and failing to stop, failing to report and failing to remain where an accident occurred causing injury.

The suspect remains