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A crash on a state highway killed a 3-year-old girl dead and a left a driver with serious injuries Saturday, officials said. The collision, which involved three cars, occurred on Route 34 near the Route 33 interchange in Howell about 4:45 p.m., the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office said in a news statement. The toddler who died was one of three occupants of a Jeep Grand Cherokee that was involved in the crash. The driver of the Jeep is being treated at a hospital for serious injuries and another passenger, a 2-year-old boy, suffered minor injuries, officials said. Authorities did not elabora…