Overview
- Officials identified the victim as Joan Pannuti Pottinger, 50, who died following Saturday’s St. Patrick’s Day parade accident in Louisville.
- Police report she was walking beside a float on Bardstown Road when her foot was caught, causing her to fall under the vehicle.
- Bystanders and a Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office reserve deputy tried to lift the float, and first responders took her to University of Louisville Hospital, where she died.
- Archbishop Shelton Fabre issued condolences to her family and parish community, and a GoFundMe has been set up to support them.
- Her obituary notes service with Best Buddies and St. Agnes, with a funeral scheduled for March 23 at St. Agnes.