A mom and 2 children killed in crash at Mount Hope and Cochran in Eaton County

EATON COUNTY, Mich. (WILX) - A deadly crash that killed three people involving a van and a semi-truck led to an Eaton County intersection being shut down overnight Thursday into Friday.

The Eaton County Sheriff’s Office said at around 8 p.m. Thursday, a semi-truck crashed into a van at the Cochran Road and Mount Hope Highway intersection along the border of Oneida and Roxand Townships. According to authorities, initial investigation shows that the van appeared to not stop at the stop sign while going westbound on Mount Hope when the semi, driving northbound on Cochran, crashed into the van.

Police said in a press release that a mom and two of her children were killed in the van. A third child was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police said the driver of the semi-truck was also taken to the hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

The intersection was shut down at 8 p.m. Thursday and has since reopened at 3 a.m. Friday.

An investigation is ongoing.

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