Megan Victoria Brown has been named by the Caddo Coroner’s office as the woman killed when her car crashed into a Shreveport Bayou. She was 40.

Brown’s family members confirmed the sad news of Brown’s passing to members of the local press while at University Health.

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Brown’s car plunged into the East Kings Highway Park, known as the Duck Pond, a part of Shreveport’s Anderson Bayou just before 7 p.m. on Monday. Three children – two 9-year-olds and a 7-year-old – were in the car when it became submerged. The children were not injured. source

Three other vehicles were involved in the crash. Two remained on land.

Cross Bayou” is a 38.0-mile-long river in Texas and Louisiana. It is a tributary of the Red River, part of the Mississippi River watershed.