Family demands answers from police in teen's death

On Saturday at 3:43am, a 16-year-old girl named Persephone Berger from Missouri was struck by a sheriff's deputy's car while lying on the road in Park Hills, approximately 65 miles south of St Louis. The deputy, responding to an emergency call about an unresponsive person, did not see Berger and hit her with his vehicle; she died at the scene. An autopsy indicated no prior injuries but confirmed the cause of death was from being struck by the car. The Missouri State Highway Patrol is conducting a separate investigation into the incident while local authorities probe what led to Berger's condition before the crash. Her family and friends are questioning why it took days for them to learn about the true circumstances of her death, originally reported as a hit-and-run case.