ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) -Family and friends are mourning the loss of 26-year-old Kennedy Reed, a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate at Washington University School of Medicine who was killed in a North St. Louis car crash Aug. 4.
SLMPD tells First Alert 4 the investigation is ongoing.
Reed’s passion for scientific discovery and mentorship lives on through a newly established memorial scholarship.
A Brilliant Mind and “A Light”
On the evening of Aug. 4, St. Louis Metropolitan Police say a driver ran a stop sign at the intersection of North Euclid Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive, colliding with Reed’s vehicle. Reed died from her injuries. The other driver sustained minor injuries, and three passengers from that vehicle were hospitalized, as previously reported by First Alert 4…