Brighton ,VT :Three years old Girl killed after Driver struck telephone pole head-on Crash on Sunday,August 16th 2015

A 3-year-old girl, who was not restrained, was killed in a Brighton car crash Sunday.

Police said a 2001 Volkswagen Jetta driven by Christina Deslandes, 25, was traveling northbound on Vermont Rte. 114 in Brighton when it crossed both the center line and southbound lane and hit a telephone pole.

Deslandes was not wearing a seat belt and sustained minor injuries. Deslandes’s passenger, a 3-year-old child, was seated in the front passenger seat and was also not wearing a seat belt or restrained in a child seat.

Deslandes and the child, both of Island Pond, were taken to North Country Hospital for treatment.

The child died in the hospital’s emergency room as a result of injuries. The victim's name was not released.

The crash is under investigation.

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