Man, this story keeps getting worse.

Twice within an hour on the afternoon of Dec. 9, police say a Des Moines woman intentionally struck young pedestrians with her SUV: a 12-year-old boy in Des Moines and a 14-year-old girl in Clive.

Authorities say the woman, Nicole Marie Poole Franklin, 42, last week admitted she targeted the teenage girl because she was Latino. Police said she had made no admissions as of Monday about her alleged role or motive in the hit-and-run of the boy, who is black.

She was charged with attempted murder in the Clive case on Friday, and a separate charge of attempted murder in the Des Moines case on Monday.

Franklin is also charged in a disturbance that occurred at a West Des Moines Conoco convenience store about an hour after the girl was hit. She faces a hate crime charge in that case, which also includes charges of assault, operating under the influence, theft and public intoxication, court records show.