LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville Metro Police officers and the Traffic Unit were dispatched to a traffic accident around 8:15 p.m.
An LMPD spokesperson said the initial findings are a pickup truck pulling a trailer heading southbound on Preston Highway tried to make a left hand turn onto Cooper Chapel.
While they were turning, an SUV going northbound collided with the truck making it catch on fire.
A woman in the pickup was pronounced dead at the scene while the driver escaped with minor injuries the spokesperson says.
The two people in the SUV received non-life threatening injuries.
Traffic has been diverted. The Traffic Unit is handling the investigation.
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