MADISON COUNTY, IN. (THECOUNT) — Victoria Hansen has been identified as the victim in a fatal Tuesday morning single-vehicle crash in Pendleton, Madison County.

Hansen, 28, was operating a vehicle with her three children on Indiana 38, in Pendleton, IN, when for unknown reasons, she exited the roadway and crashed into a utility pole Tuesday morning.

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The children, ages 9, 6 and 3 were all transported to area hospitals with serious injuries.

The 9-year-old suffered several fractures. The 3-year-old got a large laceration to the mouth/chin. The 6-year-old is in critical condition with skull and facial fractures, forehead lacerations and a left arm fracture. source

Hansen was also transported to a local hospital where she was later pronounced dead at of blunt force trauma injuries consistent with the crash.

This incident remains under investigation.

Anyone with possible information on the deadly crash should contact police at 911.

Pendleton is a town in Fall Creek Township, Madison County, Indiana, United States. It is part of the Anderson, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,253 at the 2010 census, according to Wikipedia.