By Associated Press - Monday, May 16, 2016

CENTRALIA, Wash. (AP) - Authorities say a child was killed and her mother injured in a vehicle crash in Centralia.

KCPQ-TV reports (https://goo.gl/K2ZF6i ) the crash took place Monday afternoon when a car driven by the woman slammed into a parked pickup truck.

Police say the woman was driving on a two-lane road, crossed the center line and hit the unoccupied pickup truck.



Police say the child was sitting in the back seat wearing a seatbelt but died of her injuries. Her mother was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with serious injuries, authorities say.

The Washington State Patrol is investigating.

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Information from: KCPQ-TV, https://q13fox.com/

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