Pennsylvania woman killed in Durham car crash

A Pennsylvania woman was killed in a Sunday morning car crash in Durham.

The Durham Police Department reports that 22-year-old Amanda Robin Crist of Imler, Pennsylvania, was the driver in a single-vehicle fatal crash that happened shortly after 8:30 a.m. Sunday on East Woodcroft Parkway at Copper Creek Drive. Police said speed was a factor.

The 2008 Hyundai sedan was traveling west on East Woodcroft Parkway when it over-corrected, ran off the road and collided head on with a tree, according to Durham police.

Crist was transported to Duke University Medical Center where she was pronounced dead, police said. The investigation is ongoing.

This story was originally published December 22, 2019 at 2:17 PM with the headline "Pennsylvania woman killed in Durham car crash."

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Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan is the Capitol Bureau Chief for The News & Observer, leading coverage of the legislative and executive branches in North Carolina with a focus on the governor, General Assembly leadership and state budget. She has received the McClatchy President’s Award, N.C. Open Government Coalition Sunshine Award and several North Carolina Press Association awards, including for politics and investigative reporting.