Two children — girls ages three and nine years — and a 30-year-old woman were killed in a motor vehicle crash Friday evening on Lougheed Highway in Coquitlam.

According to Coquitlam RCMP, three vehicles were involved in the accident north of Pitt River Road just before 6:20 p.m., with eight occupants in all. The woman who was killed was in one vehicle, the two girls in another.

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Immediate family have been notified, police said, but names of the deceased have not been released.

"The Coordinated Collision Investigation Team, along with ICARS [Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service], is still investigating," stated a release from the Mounties. "Impairment has been determined not to to be a factor in this collision."

Anyone who witnessed the collision — or has dash-cam video that recorded the accident or the accident scene — is asked to contact Coquitlam RCMP Traffic Servies immediately by calling 604-945-1550 and quoting file number 2017-12620.

Anyone who wants to provide information anonymously can do so through Crime Stoppers: by phone, 1-800-222-8477; online, at solvecrime.ca; by SMS, texting BCTIP and your message to CRIMES (274637); or via Facebook (metrovancouvercrimestoppers); you may also download the Crime Stoppers mobile app for iPhone.

Following the accident, Lougheed was closed for several hours between Pitt River Road and Chilko Drive/Como Lake Road.