A third child in two days was struck in New Square yesterday, while police continued to investigate the death of a Suffern man who was hit by a van on Route 59 in Spring Valley. A 5year-old boy was hit by a 1996 Toyota Camry driven by a 26 year-old man of New Square shortly before 1:30 p.m., said Ramapo Sgt. Brian Corbett.Corbett said Hochhauser was backing out of a parking spot in a parking lot at 31 Jefferson Ave. when the child ran behind the car and was hit.

The Chevra Hatzoloh of Rockland County ambulance service treated the child at the scene and transported him to Nyack Hospital.

Corbett said no charges had been filed and the child did not appear to be seriously injured.

On Thursday, two New Square children were hit by cars in separate accidents in the village, which has a population of 5,920 and a median age of 14, according to U.S. census figures.

Shortly after 1 p.m., a 2-year-old boy apparently ran onto Roosevelt Avenue and into the path of a 2004 Chevrolet Venture minivan driven by Mozes Dirnfeld, 49, of New Square. Dirnfeld and his passenger were not injured.

The boy was taken to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla by Hatzoloh ambulance.

In the second accident, police and the ambulance company returned to the village about 4:40 p.m., this time to North Garfield Avenue near the intersection of Truman Avenue, where a 7-year-old boy apparently ran into the side of a Yeshiva Avir Yakov school bus shortly after it had dropped off its last passenger.

Police said the child suffered a severe leg injury when he struck the front right bumper of the bus. The driver, Yeshia Deutsch, 30, of New Square, wasn’t hurt.

The child was flown by helicopter to the medical center.

All three accidents, Corbett said, were still under investigation yesterday and no charges had been filed. Corbett said police were not releasing the children’s names because of their ages.

TJN