On 11/11/15 at about 6:30 PM, an auto pedestrian crash occurred on SH 7, approximately 4.9 miles East of Center in Shelby County. Shelby County DPS Troopers responded to and investigated the crash. The preliminary crash investigation indicates that two individuals had exited a vehicle when it stopped to assist another motorist and were in the roadway when they were struck by a 2010 Ford Fusion driven by Mitzi Rhey Baker-Kennedy (47), from Joaquin, TX. The pedestrians were identified as Kadeshia Simone Barfield (19), from Mansfield, LA and Demanio Lavandrick Howard (24), also from Mansfield, LA. Barfield was pronounced deceased at the scene of the crash at 7:05 PM, by Shelby County Justice of the Peace Maxi Eaves. Howard was transported to a Center  hospital for treatment and later released. Baker-Kennedy was not reported as being injured during the crash. This crash remains under investigation and no additional information is available at this time.