Vilho Sipilä
Date of birth: 6.4.1938
Date of death: 1.1.1965
Location / Place: Kalajoki
Rank: Junior Constable
Police unit: Kalajoki Sheriff's District
Sources: Poliisimies 4/1965; Helsingin Sanomat 02.01.1965 nro 1 p. 5
Description of events: On New Year’s Eve, Constable Vilho Sipilä was monitoring traffic on National Road 8 in the village Eteläjoki in the municipality Kalajoki. Sipilä was walking from his car to a vehicle he had stopped when the car of Sakari Saari appeared from the direction of Kalajoki, running over Sipilä from behind. The seriously wounded Sipilä was immediately taken to the hospital in Kalajoki, from where he was transferred to the provincial hospital in Oulu. He died in hospital on the morning of the first day of the year 1965. Sipilä had been a police officer for three years.
Offender 1: Saari, Sakari
Judgment 1: Suspended sentence of 4 months
Memorial plaque: Police University College
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