PALMDALE, CA : 2 adults, 2 baby girls killed in Mojave Desert crash on Tuesday, 3rd July 2018

A couple and their two baby girls were killed Tuesday when their car veered into oncoming traffic and was smashed by a van on a Mojave Desert highway, authorities said.

The couple, who were in their 20s, and a girl about a year old died when their green Kia sedan veered out of control at about 10:30 a.m. on the Sierra Highway in Palmdale, north of Los Angeles, investigators said.

Another girl, also believed to be about a year old, died at a hospital.

The adults were wearing seatbelts and the children were in car seats, authorities said. Their names were not immediately released.

The car was T-boned by a vanpool from the Antelope Valley Transit Authority. It wasn’t carrying passengers but the driver was taken to a hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries, authorities said.

Television news footage showed a passenger van with its front end crushed and a completely demolished car.

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2 adults, 2 baby girls killed in Mojave Desert crash