A Montgomery woman was killed and a man was injured after the vehicle they were in left the road and struck a tree early Thursday morning, authorities said.

Carol W. Lowe, 63, was a passenger in a 2007 Honda Pilot traveling on Highway 80 near Montgomery when the single-vehicle wreck occurred, said Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Lt. Jeremy Burkett.

Lower was pronounced dead at the scene.

A 63-year-old man who was driving the Pilot was taken to Baptist Medical South in Montgomery for undisclosed injuries.

The crash occurred near the 122-mile marker, about three miles west of Montgomery.

Further information was unavailable as state troopers continued to investigate the fatal wreck.