An elderly Alabama woman was killed Tuesday afternoon when the car she was driving crashed intot he back of a pickup truck, state troopers said.

The two-vehicle crash occurred at approximately 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, and claimed the life of a Roanoke woman.

Martha G. Williams, 80, was critically injured when the 2011 Nissan Rouge she was driving was struck in the rear by the 2008 Toyota Tundra pickup driven by Michael R. Burke, 26, of Roanoke.

Williams was not using a seat belt at the time of the crash, was ejected and transported to Piedmont Regional Hospital in Columbus, Ga., where she succumbed to injuries and was pronounced deceased.

Burke was also injured and transported to Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Ga., for treatment.

The crash occurred on U.S. 431 near the 177 mile marker, approximately two miles south of Roanoke, in Chambers County.