AVOYELLES PARISH, LA. (THECOUNT) — Shirley Reed of Alexandria, Louisiana, has been identified as the victim in a fatal Saturday night multi-vehicle crash in Avoyelles Parish.

Reed, 54, was killed in a Saturday evening vehicle crash that also injured two other women near Marksville.

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According to reports, Lennie Lemonie, 32, was operating a Ford F-150 pickup truck on LA-1 & neat State Highway 1192, when the vehicle rear ended a slow moving Maxima which traveled into the rear of a Silverado around 7 p.m. Saturday night.

Lemonie and the driver of the Maxima were transported to area hospitals with minor injuries.

Reed, a passenger in the Maxima, was transported to an area hospital where she was later pronounced dead of blunt force trauma injuries.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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geo quick facts: Avoyelles is a parish located in central eastern Louisiana near the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers. As of the 2010 census, the population was 42,073. The parish seat is Marksville – Wikipedia.