Two children injured in Kent hit-and-run, driver arrested for suspected DUI

Two children are in the hospital after a man hit them with his pickup truck then fled the scene Tuesday night, according to the King County Sheriff's Office. 

Deputies say a 5-year-old and 2-year-old were driving in a children's toy Barbie Jeep along the 19800 block of SE 281st St. in Kent when the man hit them in his pickup truck, then drove away. 

The sheriff's office said both children were taken to Harborview Medical Center with injuries.

Officials arrested the 26-year-old suspect for DUI about half a mile away from the scene. 

The conditions of the children are unknown.