B enz ▁car ▁he ▁was ▁being ▁driven ▁in ▁on ▁the ▁way ▁from ▁Sh erem ety e vo ▁International ▁Airport ▁crash ed ▁into ▁a ▁concrete ▁street ▁light ▁on ▁the ▁L ening rad ▁Sh os se , ▁the ▁main ▁road ▁between ▁Saint ▁Petersburg ▁and ▁Moscow , ▁twenty - three ▁kilometres ▁from ▁Moscow . ▁Law lor ▁had ▁been ▁trav elling ▁with ▁Julia ▁K ush n ir , ▁a ▁Ukrain ian ▁legal ▁assistant , ▁aged ▁ 2 9 , ▁confirmed ▁by ▁the ▁Law lor ▁family ▁to ▁be ▁working ▁as ▁Law lor ' s ▁interpreter ▁in ▁Russia . ▁She ▁was ▁injured ▁in ▁the ▁crash ▁that ▁killed ▁Law lor . ▁The ▁driver , ▁a ▁Russian ▁business man , ▁Rus lan ▁S ule yman ov , ▁was ▁fat ally ▁injured , ▁when ▁he ▁s wer ved ▁the ▁car ▁to ▁avoid ▁a ▁man ▁and ▁a ▁woman ▁who ▁ran ▁out ▁onto ▁the ▁road ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁it . ▁ ▁The ▁fun eral ▁of ▁Law lor ▁was ▁held ▁in ▁Luc an ▁on ▁ 2 6 ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁ ▁False ▁media ▁claims ▁about ▁the ▁accident ▁The ▁Russian ▁police ▁initially ▁reported ▁that ▁the ▁woman ▁in ▁Law lor ' s ▁car ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁a ▁six teen - year - old ▁prost itute . ▁The ▁report ▁was ▁the ▁lead ▁in ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁Sunday ▁newsp apers . ▁The ▁Sunday ▁Independent ▁editor ▁A eng us ▁F anning ▁apolog ised ▁to ▁the ▁Law lor ▁family ▁for ▁the ▁report , ▁following ▁a ▁public ▁out c ry ▁on ▁the ▁report age ▁and ▁condem n ation