Gastonia, NC : A 57-year-old Gastonia woman was killed in a head-on crash at Dallas Stanley Highway On Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016

A 57-year-old Gastonia woman was killed in a crash in Gaston County Tuesday morning, troopers say.

It happened just before 8 a.m. on Dallas Stanley Highway near Lineberger Street in Stanley, closing the road for a time.

Troopers say the woman killed was in a Ford Explorer when she drove left of center and collided with a van head-on. The driver of the van went to the hospital and is expected to be OK.

Speed was a factor in the crash, troopers say.

A man who heard the crash and called 911 said he "won't be able to sleep" after seeing the woman who died.

Officials are in the process of notifying the woman's family of her death. Her name hasn't been released.

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Woman killed in Gaston County crash