Mother of Fotis Dulos.
DOB: July 28, 1933.
- Born Kleopatra Nikolaidis.
- In Constantinople*
Death: September 7, 2010
- (See death record.)
The Accident
At the time of her death, Kleopatra was living with Fotis and Jennifer Dulos at their home at the time at 585 Deercliff Road.
The children’s then-24 year old nanny, Evangelia Niora, accidentally ran over Kleopatra in the driveway at the Deercliff residence. As we understand it, she had asked the nanny to move the Land Rover in order to make it easier for one of the children to get in.
EMS responded to a 911 call. The police report states Kleopatra Dulos was conscious but in extreme pain at the time of their arrival. It reads as follows:
As the Driver moved the vehicle towards the sidewalk, the Patient approached and told the Driver to turn on the vehicle lights. The Driver then looked down towards the instrument panel to engage the lights. As this was occurring, the Patient, located by the nose of the vehicle, bend [sic] forward to see when the lights came on. The vehicle was moving forward during this span of time and as the Driver's view was momentarily oriented away from the Patient, she was likely not aware of the Patient's proximity to the nose of the vehicle.
Traffic Unit 1 operator, not familiar with the vehicle began trying to turn the vehicles headlights on when she heard a noise but did not think anything of it until she got out of the vehicle and saw Pedestrian 1 lying on the driveway.It was apparent to Traffic unit operator 1 that she ran over Pedestrian 1.
Additionally, the report goes on to state that although the nanny did not have a driver’s license, the events leading up to & surrounding the event itself did not appear to be a criminal event.
Kleopatra was transported to hospital via ambulance where she sadly passed away a short time later. Interestingly, the police were not informed of her death until they followed up on their investigation 3 months later.
*The city of Constantinople was renamed, ‘Istanbul’ in 1930, however, in Greece, it is still called Konstantinoúpoli(s) or ‘Ei Poli’.
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