DANVILLE, Va. – A 24-year-old woman was killed in a Saturday morning collision on the Kentuck Road.

Danville Police say it happened about 8:10 a.m. when a car crossed the center line and struck a tractor-trailer headed in the opposite direction.

Police say Mari McDonald of Danville was traveling south in the 500 block of Kentuck Road when her sedan crossed into the northbound lane, hitting a tractor-trailer. Emergency medical responders pronounced her dead at the scene.

No other injuries were reported.

Police closed Kentuck Rd. between Halifax Rd. and Wilkerson Rd. for several hours after the accident. The roadway reopened around 1 p.m.

It’s not known why McDonald’s vehicle veered into oncoming traffic.

According to the Danville Police Department’s Public Information Officer Lt. Richard Chivvis, “Investigators are working to determine what may have caused the sedan to leave its lane of travel. Based on the information we know at this time, neither speed nor alcohol appear to have been contributing factors.”

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