Ice blamed for Missouri crash that killed Kentucky woman

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) - Authorities say a Kentucky woman has died from injuries suffered in a crash on an icy stretch of Interstate 70 in western Missouri.

The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/2jrZ3T3) reports that police identified the woman who died Monday as 32-year-old Amanda Hrenya of Florence, Kentucky. She was injured Friday night when she lost control of a sport utility vehicle on the icy road and struck a rock bluff in the Kansas City suburb of Independence.

At least three others also died on icy roads across the state. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 33-year-old Tiffany Jackson, of Crystal City, died Friday in Jefferson County. Two others died Saturday - 22-year-old Michael Ogle, of Ravenwood, in Nodaway County and 35-year-old Maung Hnin, of Kansas City, Kansas, in Platte County.