A 2-year-old girl, a 7-year-old boy and a 41-year-old man suffered serious injuries when the pickup they were in hit a tree in Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon, according to state police.

The 41-year-old Pomfret man was driving a 2016 Nissan Frontier on Elliott Road when it went off the road and hit a tree around 2:55 p.m., state police said.

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The driver sustained serious injuries and he was flown to Rhode Island Hospital, according to state police.

They said the children who were in the truck, a 2-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy from Pomfret, were taken to Hasbro Children’s Hospital to be treated for serious injuries.

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