MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (WJPF) — Two people, including a child under the age of five, are dead after a two car crash near Murphysboro.

It happened just after 5:30 p.m. Thursday near the intersection of Old Route 13 and Country Club Road.

According to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, Christopher Cross, 26, of Murphysboro was driving a car eastbound on Old Route 13 when the vehicle lost control, entered the opposing lane of traffic, and hit a pickup.

Cross, along with passenger Ashley Segler, 23 of Murphysboro and four young children, were taken to area hospitals. Segler was pronounced dead at SIH Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. Two children were airlifted to a St. Louis hospital. One child later died from their injuries.

The occupants of the pickup truck were taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.