Witnesses helped get some of the children out through the windows after the Honda Pilot pulled out from Art Lane onto Bergen Boulevard and was struck by a Ford Fusion at 12:48 p.m., Deputy Police Chief Robert Meurer said.
Police, Ridgefield Rescue and several ambulances responded.
All five SUV occupants were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with various bumps and bruises, Meurer said.
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