BATON ROUGE - A woman was killed in a crash involving an 18-wheeler on I-12 East early Friday morning.

The Baton Rouge Police Department said the crash happened around 1:30 a.m. Friday near the I-10/I-12 split.

Police said a car was attempting to merge onto I-10 East from I-12 when it struck the front of an 18-wheeler.

A passenger in the car, 57-year-old Ruth Land, sustained fatal injuries. She was transported to a hospital but later died.

The crash remains under investigation.