UPDATE: Woman killed in Alvarado crash

At around 12:00pm on Tuesday afternoon, Alvarado Fire Department, Alvarado Police Department, and CareFlite responded to a major accident in the southbound lanes of I35W near the exit for County Road 604.

Upon arrival, emergency responders located a vehicle that had crashed into an 18-wheeler.

A CareFlite helicopter was initially requested to the scene, but disregarded. CareFlite ground transported the victim to a nearby hospital with CPR in progress, where she died.

The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the victim as a 74-year-old woman.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.