Woman killed by car while picketing at GE
'She felt very strongly about the union'
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By Megan Woolhouse
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The Courier-Journal
Kjeston Michelle Rodgers put on her long black leather coat and said
goodbye to her three daughters just before midnight Monday, before heading
out to join fellow General Electric workers on the first day of a twoday
strike.
Amanda Rodgers, 19, said her mother, who was known as Michelle, was excited
to go, despite the freezing cold and dark early morning hours. ''She felt
very strongly about the union.''
But shortly before 5 a.m. yesterday, Michelle Rodgers, carrying her picket
sign near an entrance to GE's Appliance Park, was struck and killed by a
Hollow Creek police officer driving south on Fegenbush Lane.
She died at the scene, according to Jefferson County Deputy Coroner Jo-Ann
Farmer. The police officer, Roy Truax, who was on duty, was not injured.
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