A 54-year-old Lecompton woman died Saturday in a Topeka hospital from injuries suffered when a pickup truck rear-ended the motorcycle on which she was a passenger.

Perry Police Chief Ramon Gonzalez said the accident occurred shortly after 7 p.m. Friday at a Lecompton Road railroad crossing in Perry. The victim, Katherine Zeller, was the passenger on a southbound 2007 Kawasaki driven by Mark Zeller, 54, of Lecompton, which was stopped behind another vehicle at the crossing. Both the passenger and the rider were wearing helmets, Gonzalez said.

As the motorcycle driver waited for the railroad crossing arms to go up, the Kawasaki was struck from behind by a 2003 Chevrolet pickup driven by Stephen Stinnett, 57, of Evansville, Tenn., Gonzalez said. The force of the impact threw Katherine Zeller about 10 feet from the bike. She was transported by Jefferson County Ambulance Services to Stormont Vail Hospital in Topeka, where she died from internal injuries at 4 a.m. Saturday, Gonzalez said.

There were no other injuries, Gonzalez said. The accident report was turned over to the Jefferson County Attorney Office’s for review, he said.