Phoenix, AZ : Five people injured, including 3 children aftera a wrong-way collision near Seventh and 19th avenues on Sunday morning, April 3, 2016

A wrong-way collision Sunday morning injured five people -- including three children -- and closed down westbound Loop 101 near Seventh and 19th avenues, authorities said.

At about 2:40 a.m., troopers received reports of a Jeep Cherokee traveling east on the westbound lanes of Loop 101 near 19th Avenue, said Bart Graves, a spokesman for the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Five minutes later, calls indicated that the vehicle traveling in the wrong direction had struck a minivan near Seventh Avenue.

In the minivan was a Glendale family, with a mother in the driver's seat and her three young daughters in the back, Graves said. The father of the children was following in another vehicle and saw the crash.

Graves said the mother suffered non-life-threatening injuries, while the girls, ages 6 years, 4 years and 1 month, were taken to Phoenix Children's Hospital. The older girls suffered head injuries, and the infant appeared to be OK. he said.

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Phoenix wrong-way collision injures 5, including 3 children