Policewoman Pearl Lanham was struck and killed by a vehicle after assisting children cross a street near the Glen Park Elementary School.

   She had just escorted three children across Broadway and was returning for several other children when she was struck by a car traveling southbound.

   The 35-year-old driver brought his car to a stop after dragging her some 50 feet. She died before the arrival of an ambulance having suffered a crushed skull and broken limbs.

   Policewoman Lanham was survived by her husband, four young daughters, mother, three brothers and sister.