Geneva Gardner, 40, and Winter Waites, 35, killed while riding in bed of pickup hit by semi truck on May 20 in Talladega.

Two women who were riding in the back of a pickup were killed in Talladega Tuesday afternoon when the vehicle was hit by an 18-wheeler.

Geneva Gardner, 40, and Winter Waites, 35, both of Talladega, were killed in the wreck at Jackson Trace Road and the Highway 275 Bypass in Talladega around 4 p.m. Tuesday, Talladega County Coroner Shaddix Murphy said.

Murphy said the pickup went through a stop sign and was hit by the 18-wheeler.

Two other people who were in the pickup were flown to a hospital in Birmingham for treatment, he said. The driver of the tractor-trailer wasn't injured.