State Trooper's Family Files Sues State Following Fatal Accident
The family of a state trooper that was killed when his motorcycle collided with the handrails in the Big Dig tunnel in Boston has received a $9 million settlement from the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority. Including State Trooper Vincent Cila, six other people have been killed as a result of colliding with the handrails in the tunnel.
These seven incidents including Cila’s have occurred between 2005 and 2008. The attorney representing Cila’s family argued that the company did not take the public’s safety into account when they designed and created the tunnel’s handrail system. The US Department of Transportation reportedly admonished the project’s director about the safety hazard.
Since the president of the project and the company in charge were warned numerous times about the safety hazard the handrails presented, they should be held responsible for all seven cases against them. The warnings were given to allow the company to fix the problem with the handrails but in every instance, the company disregarded the warnings and even denied an opportunity to crash test the rails. The information suggests that the company acted negligently despite knowing the issues of safety with the handrails.
