LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A woman died last Tuesday night in a crash in Elizabethtown.

Elizabethtown Police said the crash happened shortly before 11 p.m. on Ring Road near Kitty Hawk Drive. Public Information Officer John Thomas said a woman was driving a 2002 Ford Focus westbound when she crossed into the eastbound lanes of Ring Road and hit a 1998 Chevrolet SUV head-on.

The driver of the Ford Focus died at the scene. 

A passenger in the Ford Focus and the man driving the Chevrolet SUV were taken to University of Louisville Hospital with severe injuries.

The Elizabethtown Police Department is investigating the collision. At this time, it's unclear why the Ford Focus crossed into the opposing lanes of traffic.

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