Updated at 7 p.m. Tuesday
Kentucky State Police have identified the woman killed in the crash near Belfry as Kathleen Hensley of Hardy, Ky. She was 80 years old.
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PIKE COUNTY, KY (WSAZ) -- A woman was killed Tuesday after police say she pulled her car into the path of a tractor-trailer.
It happened just before noon Tuesday in Belfry. Kentucky State Police troopers said the woman was pulling out from the parking lot of the Dollar General store along Route 119 when she was hit by the truck.
The woman died at the scene. Police have not released her name. The driver of the truck was not hurt.
Route 119 was shut down for several hours while investigators reconstructed the accident scene. The highway is now open.