Family of dead Missouri teen who was struck by deputy

The family of a teenager who died over the weekend near St. Louis is demanding to know why it took days for them to learn she had been struck by a sheriff's deputy's vehicle, alleging authorities initially framed the incident as a hit-and-run.

The deputy arrived around 3:40 a.m. and saw the vehicle of the person who made the call with its hazard lights on. While approaching, the deputy didn't see Berger lying on the road and hit her, the sheriff's office said in its statement. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Berger was described in her obituary as "a caring and compassionate young woman, always ready with a smile and a kind word for everyone she met." She was also a "passionate member of her school choir" and "filled the halls with her beautiful voice and infectious enthusiasm," it said.

"They blatantly lied to us and said she was involved in a hit-and-run," Cabuchola told CBS News. She also said nobody contacted Berger's father about his daughter's death except for the coroner.

The sheriff's office in its statement insisted the deputy never left the scene and immediately notified his supervisor. It also said the incident was not the result of what it called "false social media claims of a vehicle pursuit."

"I do not have a timeline from the sheriff's office of what they talked to the family about or when," Missouri State Highway Patrol spokesperson Sgt. Dallas Thompson told CBS News.

Cabuchola said the family is "not going to stop until they tell the truth."

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