An 18-year-old Rising Sun, Maryland woman died as the result of a head-on crash in Cecil County Tuesday afternoon.

The wreck occurred just before 2:30 p.m. along the Biggs Memorial Highway (Route 274) near Post Road south of Rising Sun, when police said the Samantha Pierce crossed the yellow line, striking a truck going in the westbound direction.

The driver of the truck, a 65-year-old man from Fawn Grove, Pennsylvania, was taken to Christiana Hospital with unspecified injuries.

Biggs Highway was closed for over three hours during the crash investigation.

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