Des Plaines woman dies after car hits truck

A Des Plaines woman died early Monday after the car in which she was riding struck a truck, authorities said.

Nazly Rodriguez-Munoz, 49, was fatally injured in the Sunday night crash on Algonquin Road near Leslie Lane in Des Plaines.

Shortly before midnight, a Toyota Prius headed east on Algonquin Road approaching Leslie Lane struck the back of a Volvo semitrailer truck, Des Plaines police said.

Responding officers discovered Rodriguez-Munoz bleeding heavily from a leg injury and applied a tourniquet before she was taken to an unspecified hospital, but the effort couldn’t save her, police said. She was pronounced dead about 2 a.m.

The 28-year-old woman driving the Prius was injured but is expected to survive, authorities said.

The Prius’ driver claimed the truck was parked along the side of the road without any lights, police said.

The truck driver said he was slowly going east when the Prius hit him, police said.

The crash is under investigation.