GOODNIGHT, Ky. — Police identified a Cave City woman as the subject who died in a car crash Wednesday afternoon.
State police responded to the scene of the crash at the request of the Barren County Sheriff’s Office to the 7000 block of North Jackson Highway. The incident happened just after 3:30 p.m. near Goodnight-Hiseville Road.
A preliminary investigation found Wanda W. Cross, 71, of Cave City, was driving southbound along the roadway in a 2008 Chevrolet passenger car. For an unknown reason, her vehicle crossed the center line of the roadway and hit a pickup truck. Police said Joie Hunley, 78, of Hiseville, was inside the truck.
Cross was ejected from her vehicle upon impact. She was pronounced dead at the scene by the Barren County Coroner’s Office.
Police did not specify whether others were involved in the crash. The roadway was closed for about two hours while officials reconstructed the scene.
The investigation continues and is being led by Trooper Michael Wathen.