Update: Wash U Issues Statement on Death of Melanie Michailidis
The post-doctoral fellow was killed in a car accident Friday night in Ladue.
On Saturday afternoon, Washington University issued a statement on the death of Dr. Melanie Michailidis, who was killed in a car accident Friday night in Ladue. See our previous story: Washington University Faculty Member Killed In Ladue Car Accident The statement from the University reads: The Washington University community is saddened to learn of the sudden and accidental death of Melanie Michailidis, PhD, who was in the second year of a three-year post-doctoral fellowship with the university’s Department of Art History and Archaeology, in Arts & Sciences, and who had a joint appointment with the St. Louis Art Museum. She was killed in an automobile accident Friday night, along with two other individuals. Our thoughts and prayers go …
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Mary K
7:23 am on Sunday, February 3, 2013
RIP, Professor. None of the stories about the crash point out that passing is NOT allowed on Ladue Road, which is a two-lane road that is quite narrow, winding and hilly! Another report quoted police as saying the impatient, 25 yr old driver of the illegally passing car was doing about 100 miles an hour! If this is true, Dr. Michailidis and her passenger were senselessly murdered. A heartbreaking… more ›