A city man who struck two kids with a Chevrolet Suburban in Manchester Tuesday will serve 30 days in jail after pleading guilty Wednesday to unrelated motor vehicle charges, Amherst police said.

Amherst Lt. Mark Reams said a plea deal, negotiated Wednesday, calls for Julius Lane, 32, of 265 Central St., to serve 30 days at the Hillsborough County Jail. Lane began serving the sentence immediately, Reams said.

(Police on Tuesday incorrectly provided an incorrect last name and age for Lane.)

Lane, driving with a suspended license, was arrested on the outstanding warrants on Tuesday after he struck two children on the West Side on Tuesday afternoon. Manchester police issued Lane a summons for operating after suspension for default of a court summons.

Manchester Sgt. John Patti said Wednesday that multiple witnesses placed the children in the street when they were struck and Patti said he didn't anticipate charges being filed against Lane.

“The truck was not on the sidewalk,” Patti said.

David Ryan, the father of one of the injured boys, said Tuesday that his son said the kids were on the sidewalk when they were hit at the corner of Notre Dame and Walsh avenues. Mr. Ryan couldn't be reached for comment Wednesday.

“It's not uncommon at all” to have conflicting versions of events, Patti said. “People have different vantage points and they see things at different times.”

Ryan's son, Nicholas, 7, suffered bumps and bruises. The man's nephew, Danny Stratton, 5, sustained a broken femur, a fractured pelvis and an eye injury, according to Mr. Ryan.

The children were playing in a sprinkler in the yard around the time of the 4:15 p.m. accident.

In the prior case, Amherst police had a warrant out for Lane on four charges: disobeying a police officer, unsworn falsification, driving after suspension and bail jumping, which Lane was charged with after failing to appear in March 2011 on the other three charges, according to Reams.

Lane provided authorities with a false name and made a written false statement in his bail paperwork, using a false name, Reams said.

In the district court in Milford on Wednesday, police agreed not to prosecute Lane on the bail jumping charge. A judge fined Lane $620 and gave him two 30-day jail sentences, to run concurrently, for the charges of disobeying a police officer and unsworn falsification.

Lane could have faced up to three years in jail, if convicted of all charges.

Manchester police said Lane also had an electronic bench warrant out of the district court in Derry for driving after revocation.

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Mike Cousineau may be reached at mcousineau@unionleader.com.