Itasca County Sheriff's Office, Minnesota
End of Watch: Monday, March 28, 1977
Age: 46
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Date of Incident: March 28, 1977
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Deputy Sheriff Junita Badavinac was killed in an automobile accident while assisting at the scene of a fire.
She had just finished her shift and was on her way home when she observed several kids around the fire. She had moved kids away from one side of the fire and was driving across the railroad tracks to the other side when her car struck a bridge abutment. The collision caused her to suffer a heart attack.
Deputy Badavinac was survived by her husband and three children.