LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A woman died and a man was injured after crashing a car into a steel beam support on Clark Memorial Bridge Saturday afternoon.

Dwight Mitchell, a spokesperson for Louisville Metro Police, said officers initially responded to the crash around 2:45 p.m. A preliminary investigation showed a vehicle was traveling southbound, then for an unknown reason, the driver lost control and struck a steel beam support.

The female passenger was pronounced dead on the scene and the male driver was taken to University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The accident fully closed the bridge for nearly an hour.

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