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PHOENIX (AP) - Two babies were killed after a three-vehicle collision involving a gas tanker occurred on Interstate 10 in west Phoenix on Saturday.

Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman Bart Graves says a car slowed around 2:40 p.m. to look at a minor collision and cut off a minivan, which then slammed on its brakes to avoid a crash.

That's when a small sedan hit the minivan. A gas tanker then hit the two vehicles and overturned on its side.

A 13-month-old girl, a 3-week-old boy, and a woman believed to be their mother were critically injured in the sedan and taken to hospitals; the babies died around 3:45. A 35-year-old woman in the minivan had nonfatal injuries, and the tanker driver was not hurt.

The entire roadway is blocked and all traffic is being taken off the eastbound lanes of the freeway at the 51st Avenue exit.

DPS is looking for the male driver of the white or gray Dodge Magnum that cut off the minivan.