Driver killed when car hits tree in roadway

Updated to correct victim information: A 61-year-old Monterey woman was killed Friday morning when her car struck a downed tree that lay across the roadway near Skyline Drive and Wyndemere Way in Monterey.

Police responded to the crash just after 6:00 a.m.. The driver, whose name was not immediately released, was the only person in the car and was pronounced dead at the scene.