“Like Joan of Arc, the saint for whom she was named, she was fiercely loyal and faithful,” Joan Pannuti’s obituary said
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- Joan Pannuti was killed in what her husband described as a “freak accident” involving a float at a St. Patrick’s Day parade in Kentucky on March 14
- Pannuti was marching with members of St. Agnes Church when the tragedy occurred, her husband said
- “Mom, wife, friend, co-worker, and volunteer . . . she wore all those hats and more and touched countless lives everywhere she went,” her obituary stated
A 50-year-old mother who died at a St. Patrick’s Day parade in Kentucky after she fell under a float was remembered by loved ones as being a “force for good” and an active member of her church.
On Monday, March 16, the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Joan Pannuti, 50, of Louisville, NBC affiliate WAVE, CBS affiliate WLKY and the Courier Journalreported.
In an email shared with PEOPLE, the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) said that on the afternoon of Saturday, March 14, authorities were summoned to Louisville’s Bardstown Road and Grinstead Drive — within the area of the parade — following a report of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle…