101-year-old St. Paul woman dies after being struck by police squad - Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Roza Sakhina was killed after being hit by a St. Paul police squad car.

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Roza Sakhina lived through the Russian Revolution, Stalin's terror and survived the 872-day siege of Leningrad during World War II before she landed in St. Paul in 1991. At 101, she still went on daily walks — even in the winter — in her Highland Park neighborhood.

"She lived on her own with very minimal help," said her grandson Ilya Finkelshteyn. "Walked every day. Cooked for herself. Read lots."

On one of her walks last Friday, a St. Paul police squad car backed into her as she crossed the street. Sakhina died Wednesday from the injuries she sustained in that accident, having never regained consciousness after arriving at Regions Hospital, according to her grandson.

Police have released few details of the accident, citing a continuing investigation, and declined to name the officer involved.

Sgt. Paul Paulos, a police spokesman, said Thursday the officer was in the 800 block of S. Cleveland Avenue for a