Six pedestrians, five of them students, suffered minor injuries after a driver plowed into a group of people in a school parking lot in Sylmar Tuesday afternoon, according to officials KABC-TV in Los Angeles reported.

The collision happened outside adjoining Lakeview Charter High School and Triumph Charter Academy at about 2:15 p.m. in the 13300 block of Glenoaks Boulevard, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.

A school superintendent said a parent picking up his son or daughter accidentally pressed the accelerator after his foot slipped, which caused the crash.