GROSSE TETE — A mother and her child were killed in a single-car crash in Grosse Tete on Tuesday, Iberville Parish Sheriff Brett Stassi told WBRZ. 

The woman was driving the car with her child along Sidney Road around 2:30 p.m. when the car drove off the road and struck a tree. 

The pair were taken to the hospital but died while being treated for injuries sustained in the crash.