Fatal Encounters

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Teresa Ruth Bridges

Name: Teresa Ruth Bridges
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 11/22/2006
Location: TN-61 and North Park Drive
Andersonville, Tennessee, 37705
County: Anderson
Agency: Anderson County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehic/Purs
Media summary: Teresa Bridge's car was hit in the passenger side front when she pulled out of a side road into the path of an oncoming patrol car driven by Deputy Jim Leinart. Leinart was going east on Andersonville Highway using emergency lights and sirens, police said.
Unique ID: 23064

News article: Link






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