Mexico, MO : 20-year-old Centralia woman dies after a three-vehicle crash on Highway 22 near Mexico on Monday morning, July 18, 2016

A 20-year-old Centralia woman was killed Monday morning during a three-vehicle crash on Highway 22 near Mexico, Mo.

Jessica Robb was driving a 2001 Lincoln Town Car westbound on Highway 22 about 1 mile west of Audrain County Road 379 at 6:30 a.m. Monday when she attempted to pass another vehicle, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report.

As she was passing the vehicle, Robb reportedly saw a 1998 GMC pickup truck driven by Joseph O’Connor of Centralia in the oncoming lane of traffic. Robb steered her car hard back to the right, turning it 90 degrees, the report said. The pickup truck broadsided Robb’s car and was then struck by an eastbound 2009 Pontiac G6 driven by Seth Foster of Centralia.

Robb was pronounced dead at the scene. Foster, 23, suffered minor injuries, the report said. O’Connor, 28, was taken to University Hospital via helicopter, where he remained Tuesday morning in serious condition.

Robb’s vehicle and the pickup truck were both totaled, the report said, and Foster’s car sustained extensive damage. Foster was the only driver who had been wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash, the patrol said.

It was the sixth fatal accident of July in the patrol’s Troop F district, a 13-county territory of Central Missouri that includes Boone, Callaway and Cole counties, and the 39th of the year, the report said.

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Centralia woman dies after crash near Mexico, Mo.