Opelika, AL : Waverly woman died in a car crash in Lee County on Sunday night, December 25, 2016

A Waverly, Ala., woman died Sunday night in a car crash in Lee County, Ala.

Debra Childs Hammock, 54, was killed when the 2013 Toyota Corolla she was driving was struck by a 2000 Chevrolet K1500 at the intersection of U.S. 280 and Alabama 147, according to a news release from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

Hammock was pronounced dead at the scene. The time of the crash was 7:12 p.m.

“Nothing further is available as Alabama State Troopers continue to investigate,” the news release says.

Hammock instantly was killed from a massive head injury and blunt-force impact injuries when she apparently turned in front of a pickup truck towing a boat and was struck broadside in the passenger side of her vehicle, Lee County Coroner Bill Harris said in a news release. She was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:33 p.m.

According to the coroner, Hammock was traveling west on U.S. 280 when she attempted to turn south onto Alabama Highway 147. The pickup was traveling east on U.S. 280. Hammock’s 3-year-old grandson was in a car seat in the rear of her vehicle. He wasn’t injured, the coroner’s release says, but he was taken to an emergency room as a precaution and has been released.

The driver of the pickup also wasn’t injured, according to the coroner.

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Lee County car crash kills Waverly woman