UPDATE: A baby born Tuesday to Jennifer Young, a 30-year-old Rice University professor who was killed when a car struck her, has died, the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences said.

A Rice University postdoctoral instructor,who was seven months pregnant, died when she was hit by a car as she tried to cross the street near the school and Hermann Park Tuesday morning, officials said.

The woman’s child was delivered by emergency surgery at a hospital and is in critical condition.

The 30-year-old woman, identified as Jennifer J. Young, was rushed to Memorial Hermann hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Doctors performed emergency surgery to deliver the baby, authorities said.

The collision happened at 6300 Main near Cambridge about 9:20 a.m., according to the Houston Police Department. Officials said she was seven-months pregnant.

Police said Young was trying to cross the street at Main and Cambridge when she was hit by a grey Acura MDX that was traveling southbound on Main. The Acura had a green light, police said.

Police said the driver of the car next to the Acura stopped in the middle of the intersection, but the Acura continued forward, hitting Young.

The driver of the Acura stopped. Police questioned the driver, who was then released.

The case is still being investigated.

Young was a VIGRE-Pfeier Instructor, a faculty position at Rice, university officials said. She received a doctorate in applied mathematics from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, according to University’s website.

She came to Rice in 2010 and worked in the Computational and Applied Mathematics Department.