An 84-year-old La Monte woman died in a two-vehicle crash in Pettis County on Tuesday, August 2.

According to a release from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred when a vehicle driven by Virginia Taylor traveled through a stop sign without stopping, causing a vehicle driven by 40-year-old Thomas Hurst to strike the side of Taylor’s vehicle. Both vehicles traveled off the right side of the road and overturned.

Taylor was pronounced deceased at the scene at 10 p.m. Hurst was transported to University of Missouri Hospital for treatment of serious injuries.

The crash happened at 9:50 p.m. on Highway 127 in Pettis County.