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Northern Kentucky woman Amanda Hrenya killed in icy crash near Kansas City

Posted at 11:55 AM, Jan 17, 2017
and last updated 2017-01-17 14:54:05-05

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- A Northern Kentucky woman died Tuesday after crashing on an icy freeway just outside Kansas City.

Amanda Hrenya, 32, of Florence, Kentucky, lost control on eastbound Interstate 70 at about 11:50 p.m. Friday, Independence police said.

She went off the road and hit a rock bluff.

Hrenya died Tuesday morning at a Kansas City-area hospital, police said. She was the only person in the car, and the crash remains under investigation.