Fatal Encounters

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Christine Lawhon

Name: Christine Lawhon
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 07/10/2015
Location: I-64
Huntington, West Virginia, 25701
County: Cabell
Agency: Huntington Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Christine Lawhon was killed when she crashed her car into the back of a parked police cruiser on I-64 about 3:30 a.m. Police said two officers were outside of the cruiser looking for speeders in a construction zone. According to police, the officers saw Lawhon's car coming and jumped back inside the cruiser, before impact so they would not get hit. The impact reportedly pushed the cruiser 75 feet. The two officers sustained minor injuries, police said.
Unique ID: 23170

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