FURIOUS Holywell parents are demanding traffic-calming measures on their estate after two more children were knocked down.

The incident happened just weeks after a 10-year-old boy was left fighting for his life after being hit by a car.

Holway resident John Kent, 22, has started a petition after his three-year-old niece Alisha Kent and her friend Connor Jones, four, were hit by a car in Meadow Bank Road, Holway, on Friday.

They were involved in an accident with a Ford Escort shortly after 3pm, and ambulances were called to the scene.

Alisha suffered facial injuries and bruising, while Connor was taken to Ysbyty Glan Clwyd with a broken leg, where he remains, with mum Karen and brother Daniel, 20, at his bedside.

Alisha's mum Jenny Kent, 24, said: 'I heard shouting from outside the house and rushed out to see my baby sitting there and Connor lying in the street. I held his hand and cuddled my daughter. I was shaking and felt sick.'

The incident comes three weeks after 10-year-old Scott Ferguson sustained critical head injuries when he was hit by a car while crossing the road near his home in Moor Lane, Holway.

Jenny's brother John has collected more than 200 signatures for a petition urging Flintshire County Council to introduce traffic-calming measures.

'We have asked for speed bumps before, but people say they will damage cars and buses,' said John.

'But what is more important - a damaged car or a child's life?

'Moor Lane is the only exit out of the estate and we have a lot of problems with teenage drivers who speed.

'It doesn't matter if it's speed cameras or ramps - we just want anything that will slow people down.'

However, campaigners face an uphill battle after Flintshire's moratorium earlier this year effectively put the brakes on any traffic-calming measures for 12 months. Leader Alex Aldridge said there needed to be a 'period of assessment and consultation to see what people actually want'. Police are appealing for witnesses or anybody with information about either accident to call 0845 607 1001/1002.