Rut Ester Lopez-Portillo, 30, was killed in a head-on collision with an 18-wheeler on Interstate 40 in Hickman County, Kentucky
Driver killed in head on crash between 18-wheeler, car on I-40 in Hickman County
The driver of the car, Rut Ester Lopez-Portillo, 30, of Antioch was killed in the crash on I-30 eastbound at mile marker 156. According to a report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Lopez-Portillo was driving on I-40 WB when, for reasons unknown, she veered into the eastbound lanes and crashed head-on with an 18-wheeler.
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