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SKOWHEGAN, Maine — Family and friends are mourning the death of a Maine mother of two who was killed in a car crash while on the way to the hospital to give birth.

WCSH-TV reports the woman has been identified as 27-year-old Desiree Strout.

Authorities say Strout was traveling from Canaan to a hospital to have her labor induced when her SUV hit black ice, struck a snowbank and rolled over onto a frozen pond Monday in Skowhegan.

Officials say doctors performed an emergency cesarean section to deliver her baby boy. His current condition has not been released.

Strout’s husband, Harry Weeks, and 8-year-old daughter were hospitalized after the crash. Authorities say Weeks suffered serious injuries, but he is expected to survive.

The girl’s condition is not known.

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