SALEM, N.H. (AP) – A pregnant woman on her way to a surprise baby shower was killed, along with her unborn child, in a two-car crash in Massachusetts.

Krista M. Raymond of Salem, 22, who was eight months pregnant, was fatally injured in the Route 28 collision near an Andover, Mass., day-care center at about 6:10 p.m. on Thursday, said Steve O’Connell, spokesman for the Essex County district attorney’s office. She and her unborn child were pronounced dead at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston.

“In two weeks, we would’ve had a granddaughter,” said Paula Demers, who would have become Raymond’s mother-in-law, in an interview with WMUR-TV. “I think she would have made a wonderful mother.”

Raymond was on her way to another day-care center, Bright Horizons Family Solutions in North Reading, Mass., where she had worked for four years. Her co-workers were about to throw her a surprise baby shower.

Friday was to be Raymond’s last day of work before going on maternity leave.

Lisa Lapusata, director at Bright Horizons, said Raymond was a positive influence on dozens of young lives.

“While we won’t have the joy of seeing her grow into the wonderful mother she was soon to be, she has made the lives of dozens of children brighter and has opened boundless worlds of discovery and growth for every preschooler she taught,” Lapusata said in a statement.

Police said the crash happened when an SUV driven by Susan McNamara, 39, of Haverhill, Mass., pulled onto Route 28 from the Children’s World Learning Center, and collided with Raymond’s car. All three children in McNamara’s vehicle were wearing seat belts, O’Connell said. McNamara and her children were treated and released at Lawrence General Hospital.

O’Connell said a woman who was a passenger in Raymond’s car also escaped serious injury.

The accident was under investigation by the Andover police. Chief Brian Pattullo said alcohol was not a factor.

Raymond lived in Salem with her fiance and his family. The couple was saving money to buy a house.

“I don’t believe it at all,” Laurina Demers, who was to become Raymond’s sister-in-law, told WMUR. “I guess I don’t really want to.”

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