UPDATE, May 20 | The victim was identified as 77-year-old Carol Soendke.
ORIGINAL STORY, May 17 | A woman died in a traffic crash Monday afternoon in Independence.
The crash happened about 2:30 p.m. at East U.S. 40 Highway and Fairview Road, according to the Independence Police Department.
A Dodge Ram pickup truck was traveling east on East U.S. 40 Highway near Fairview Road when the crash occurred.
Police said the pickup truck hit a car traveling north on Fairview Road.
The driver of the car, a 77-year-old Napoleon, Missouri, woman died at a hospital.
Her name has not been released.
The pickup truck driver suffered minor injuries.
The crash is under investigation.
