The identity of a woman killed in Thursday's fatal crash on U.S. Highway 191 has been released.

Marie K. Dorsey, 46, of Gallatin Gateway died at the scene of the three-vehicle crash that happened at about 12:09 p.m. at the intersection of U.S. 191 and Cottonwood Road, according to the Gallatin County Sheriff's Department. Two other people were taken to Bozeman Deaconess Hospital with unknown injuries.

Dorsey was traveling southbound towards Gallatin Gateway on U.S. 191 and had stopped to make a left hand turn onto Cottonwood Road when her car was rear-ended by another vehicle, which sent her into oncoming traffic in the northbound lane, according to the Montana Highway Patrol. A third vehicle then crashed into the passenger side of her car, forcing it off the road and into the ditch in front of the Buffalo Jump Sports Bar, according to the highway patrol.

Dorsey was reportedly killed upon impact.

A pickup truck hauling a load of logs and a Subaru station wagon were the other vehicles involved in the crash.

The names of the other people involved in the crash have not yet been released.

U.S. Highway 191 was closed from shortly after the crash until about 5 p.m. on Thursday.

The cause of crash is still under investigation by the Montana Highway Patrol. 

The Montana Highway Patrol, Gallatin County Sheriff, Gallatin County Coroner, Gallatin Gateway Fire Department and a Montana Highway Patrol investigation van responded to the crash.

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One person is dead and at least two others are injured after a three-vehicle crash on U.S. 191 in the Gallatin Gateway area shortly after noon Thursday.

A representative with the Gallatin Gateway Fire Department confirmed that one person died in the crash. There is no information at this time on the identity of that person. The Gallatin County Coroner is at the scene where the body will be removed this afternoon from an SUV that landed on its roof in front of the Buffalo Jump Sports Bar.

Two people have been transported to Bozeman Deaconess Hospital, according to the fire department. The extent of their injuries is not known at this time.

Two other vehicles, a pickup truck hauling a load of logs and a Subaru station wagon, were also involved in the crash.

Both southbound and northbound vehicles were being rerouted in the area. The road was expected to reopen by 5 p.m. 

The crash was first reported at 12:10 p.m. Thursday near the intersection of U.S. 191 and Cottonwood Road.

The Montana Highway Patrol, Gallatin County Sheriff, Gallatin County Coroner, Gallatin Gateway Fire Department and a Montana Highway Patrol investigation van are at the scene.

- Story written by Erin Yeykal with reporting by John Sherer