ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WSPA) - Police are investigating a head-on collision that claimed the life of one and injured another in Asheville Monday.

The Asheville Police Department said a 2016 GMC Sierra pickup truck was traveling westbound on Patton Avenue when it crossed left of center and hit a 2004 Lexus RX330 SUV traveling eastbound. A 2012 Volvo S60 sedan, also traveling east on Patton Avenue, then rear-ended the Lexus.

A passenger in the backseat of the Lexus, identified as Tamara Eldridge, was taken to Mission Hospital with serious injuries, where she later died, according to the police department.

The police department said the driver of the pickup truck, Adam Christopher Kane, suffered minor injuries and was treated on the scene.

Kane, according to reports, has been charged with misde

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