CarAccident10-9-14(OPELIKA, Ala.) – A White County woman was killed in a vehicle  accident Monday near Auburn, Alabama.  According to an online report by Opelika-Auburn News,  41-year old Jessica Renee Smith of Sautee Nacoochee was a passenger in a Chrysler PT Cruiser that  was rear-ended and then knocked into  the back of a tractor-trailer. 

The accident happened around 4 p.m. Monday on Interstate 85. 

According to the report, Lee County Coroner Bill Harris told the paper that Smith was restrained and died for a severe head injury on the scene.

The Auburn Police Department investigated the accident.