KNOX, Maine (AP) — Police say a 48-year-old Maine woman and her 15-year-old daughter were killed when their car went out of control on a snowy country road and slid into the path of an oncoming 18-wheeler.

Chief Deputy Bob Keating of the Waldo County Sheriff’s Department told the Bangor Daily News that Laura Breault of Knox was driving her daughter Jessica to school around 7:50 a.m. Wednesday when she lost control on the Bailey Road in Knox. Officials believe the victims died instantly.

The driver of the truck, 44-year-old Daniel Crockett Sr. of Rome, was not injured. The truck was hauling milk.

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Information from: Bangor Daily News, http://www.bangornews.com