Parents of pedestrian killed in KC crosswalk sue city
Submitted by Brent Hugh on Thu, 04/17/2003 - 2:03am
Parents of Pei Chen, the UMKC music student who was called while crossing a crosswalk in a school zone, have sued KCMO, Rockhurst University, and the University of Missouri-Kansas City, according to a KCTV5 story. The lawsuit claims that the city and universities
See previous MoBikeFed News coverage of this story here, KMBC's coverage of the lawsuit here, the KCStar's more detailed coverage of the lawsuit here, and coverage by UMKC's University News here.
knew the intersection where their daughter was killed was dangerous and should have worked to prevent accidents there. . . .
Chen's parents, who live in China, also claim officials at the schools knew about previous pedestrian accidents at the crosswalk.
The lawsuit claims the city failed to maintain a proper crosswalk at the intersection and the universities did not adequately protect its students and did not maintain safe living arrangements.
See previous MoBikeFed News coverage of this story here, KMBC's coverage of the lawsuit here, the KCStar's more detailed coverage of the lawsuit here, and coverage by UMKC's University News here.
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