Woman killed in Gadsden crash

Gadsden police say A woman died in a traffic accident about 12:05 a.m. Sunday morning at the corner of Third Street and Meighan Boulevard.  76 year old Minnie Green Brown,  was driving south on Third Street from Tuscaloosa Avenue in a Mercedes when her vehicle was struck by a Nissan Pathfinder, according to Etowah County Coroner Michael Head. Her vehicle spun and ended up in the parking lot of the Jet Pep station. She was not wearing a seat belt and was pronounced dead on the scene.   The driver of the Pathfinder said she hit the brakes, but her brakes didn’t respond.