10 September 2011

Bridgeport, CT, Ordered to Pay $3.4 Million for Deaths Resulting from Fire Truck Collision

A Connecticut Superior Court judge ordered that the City of Bridgeport pay over $3.4 million to the family of a mother and daughter killed as a result of an accident in which when their car was struck by Bridgeport Fire Department Ladder 5 on 31 July 2007. In her eighteen-page decision, the judge ruled that the firefighter driving the engine was negligent when he drove through a red traffic light at the intersection of Congress Street and Housatonic Avenue in downtown Bridgeport.

Media reports:

Connecticut Post: Judge orders city to pay $3.4 million for fire truck deaths (9 SEP 11)

Fire Law: Bridgeport FD Hit with $3.4 Million Verdict for Apparatus Accident (9 JUL11)

Background information:

Bridgeport Fire Department

Facebook: Bridgeport, CT, Fire Department

City of Bridgeport

Wikipedia: Bridgeport, CT

YouTube: Fatal Firetruck Accident

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