A 57-year-old semi-truck driver was killed in 2023 when his truck was hit by fleeing robbery suspects being pursued by police.
LAKEWOOD, Wash. — The family of a semi-truck driver killed by teens fleeing police in 2023 filed a claim against the City of Lakewood for $26 million on Tuesday, alleging the chase “needlessly endangered public safety.”
The claim, filed on behalf of the family of Bohdan Vetrov, alleges Lakewood police officers initiated a high-speed chase “without proper authority.” The officers went “rogue,” conducting unsupervised surveillance of the suspects before initiating the chase that “violated Washington state law.”
The City of Lakewood declined to
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