A child is dead and two adults are hospitalized in a car crash with a truck in Idaho, police say

A driver veered into oncoming traffic and crashed into a truck early Sunday morning, killing a child and sending two adults to the hospital, according to Idaho State Police.

The boy, who was in a child seat, died at the scene from his injuries. The driver, a 39-year-old woman from Roseville, California, and a passenger, a 35-year-old woman from Butte, Montana, were transported to the hospital by air ambulance, police said. Both women were wearing their seat belts.

The truck driver, a 47-year-old man from Twin Falls, Idaho, was also wearing a seat belt and was not taken to a hospital, police said.

The crash in southern Idaho closed the highway for six hours and remains under investigation.

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