Pregnant woman killed, 6 injured in head-on collision in Glendale

A pregnant woman died after a head-on collision in Glendale on Sunday. 

Officers responded to reports of a crash after 6:30 p.m. involving a pickup truck and a sedan at the intersection of 67th and Northern avenues, according to a statement from Glendale Police spokesperson Sgt. Randy Stewart.

The sedan had five occupants, the police statement said. Sitting in the front passenger seat was 34-year-old Bridgette Lee Armijo, who was pregnant. She was seriously injured during the collision and was transported to the hospital, where she later died from her injuries, Stewart said. 

Her three children, who were sitting in the backseat during the collision,  were hospitalized with minor injuries. Their father, the driver, suffered non-life-threatening injuries, the statement said. 

Two adults in the pickup truck were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. One child also traveling in the pickup truck was uninjured, according to the statement. 

Detectives determined that the pickup truck had been moving eastbound on Northern Avenue and was making a left turn onto 67th Avenue, while the sedan was travelling westbound on Northern Avenue when it entered the intersection. That's when the vehicles crashed into each other, the police statement said. Detectives are still  investigating right-of-way and whether or not speed or impairment were factors in the crash. 

Reach criminal justice reporter Gloria Rebecca Gomez at grgomez@gannett.com or on Twitter @glorihuh.

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