A head-on collision between a van and an SUV in Taunton on Saturday night killed a 1-year-old girl and hospitalized her mother and 5-year-old sister, authorities said.

The younger girl, almost 2 years old, was brought to a local hospital after the crash at 7:10 p.m. on Broadway, also known as Route 138. She was pronounced dead shortly after arriving, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III said in a statement Sunday morning.

The mother, 25, was taken to Rhode Island Hospital in Providence in stable condition, he said. Her older daughter was brought to an “out-of-state trauma center” and was in stable condition Sunday morning.

Quinn said a blue Toyota Rav 4 SUV driven by the mother appeared to have crashed into a white Chevy van, heavily damaging both vehicles.

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