Fatal Encounters

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Virginia Bedrosian

Name: Virginia Bedrosian
Age: 87
Gender: Female
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 04/09/2013
Location: Osage Street and Nebraska Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri, 63118
County: St. Louis City
Agency: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Virginia Bedrosian was killed when a teenaged driver fleeing police hit her car. According to police, officers saw two runaways they were looking for on South Grand Avenue in an allegedly stolen 1997 Honda Accord at around 2:15 p.m. As officers asked them to step out, the driver reportedly put the car in reverse, fled east on Osage Street and then hit Bedrosian's car at Nebraska Avenue. Bedrosian was taken to the hospital in critical condition and died a short time later.
Unique ID: 12610

News article: Link






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