Survivor of Chevy Chase Circle Crash Sues Police
Reeco Richardson, 18, is seeking $10 million in damages from the Montgomery County Police Department.
The sole surviving victim of a car crash on Chevy Chase Circle is seeking $10 million in damages from the Montgomery County Police Department for allegedly causing the accident, The Washington Post reports.
The suit, filed on behalf of 18-year-old Reeco Richardson, charges that a police cruiser rammed into the Toyota Echo he was riding in on March 23, leading it to collide with a tree and catch on fire.
Passengers Emanuel Demitrius Nelson, 16, and Tyree Dayon Nelson, 14, died on the scene, while driver Reynard Osman, 16, succumbed to injuries sustained during the crash on March 28.
Police have maintained that none of the department's vehicles came in contact with the Echo during the incident. Moments before, an officer had begun pursuing the car southbound on Connecticut Avenue after a check of its license plate indicated it was stolen.
Richardson, who was later charged with the theft of the Echo, alleges that the police pursuit was improper given the nature of the suspected crime. The suit asserts that he suffered fractured ribs and emotional damage from hearing his friends scream as they burned to death.
R Lee
6:28 am on Sunday, April 29, 2012
A car is stolen and the police are sued because the driver wouldn't stop and surrender. THIS IS AN "ONLY IN AMERICA" STORY.
I would like to know the name of the lawyer taking the case- he can defend my hamster on unfair imprisonment.
Patricia J. Kelly
4:43 pm on Sunday, April 29, 2012
It's really unfortunate that kids died, but the bottom line is the car was stolen by the kids and the driver chose not to stop, everything is the drivers fault, not the police doing their job.
R Lee
9:37 am on Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Does anybody think a stolen car is like a stolen bicycle?
A car weighs several thousand pounds, it can go up to 100 mph and it can kill or maim the innocent.
Its not like stealing a tire so when police go after a vehicle they mean business to prevent danger to the motoring public.
How about if that stolen car his a pedestrian trying to cross Conn. Ave?
Were those thugs going to stop and let Mrs. John Citizen who is 80 years old, crossing a legal cross walk with a package, let her go unharmed?
They are not kids, they are criminals, felons, with a two thousand pound bulk of metal in their control whipping around a traffic circle at a high rate of speed and fortunately only killed themselves.
So now the survivor wants compensation for his distress-ARE YOU KIDDING?????