Fertus, MO  (KTRS)  The weather is to blame for a traffic fatality in Festus.

The Missouri Highway Patrol reports that a 33-year-old Crystal City woman was killed Friday morning after crashing her vehicle along northbound 55 near 61.

Corporal Justin Wheatley says speed played a factor in this crash. “Unfortunately she lost control of the vehicle on the icy roadways and slid off of the right side of the roadway and struck a tree.”

The victim’s name is being withheld pending notification of family.