KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An 80-year-old Independence woman died in a two-vehicle crash in Liberty, Missouri, on Tuesday morning.
Liberty police said the crash happened when a tractor trailer was heading west on Old Missouri 210 and tried to cross on to northbound Missouri 291 Highway.
Sandra Tompkins was heading north on Missouri 291 Highway in a Toyota Corolla and hit the back of the trailer.
Tompkins died at the scene from injuries suffered in the crash.
The driver of the tractor trailer wasn't injured, police said.
Northbound Missouri 291 Highway was closed for several hours from Missouri 210 Highway to Ruth Ewing Road while investigators were at the crash scene. The area reopened shortly before noon.
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