A woman sued Septa after a bus hit and killed her husband

Kayla Spooner has not taken septa since the night. A Route 64 bus hit and killed her husband.

“I scare every time I see a 64 bus,” said Spooner. “Especially when I cross the street and see a bus, I now look back to make sure I am not in the way.”

The 35 -year -old Michael Spooner died on January 3. on January 3. at the intersection of the South Front Street and the Washington Avenue. The couple was on their way to an appointment night in the cinema, just blocks from home.

His wife, Anyone who dived under the bus to try to provide help said she was calmly to manage her own injuries while trying to process the death of her husband without the transit agency's answers.

Spooner submitted a civil lawsuit against Septa, New Flyer America, New Flyer America, New Flyer America and New Flyer Canada to deliver the bus in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court. The mirror assembled on the left side of the bus, which claims the lawyer of the spooner, creates the mirror, which is mounted on the information of the spooner, the guilt of negligence, the liability insurance creates blind spots for the operator.

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The transit agency and the new flyer refused to comment on pending legal disputes.

The crash took place when the couple crossed the intersection. The suit says that they had the green pedestrian light when the bus turned into them.

The lawsuit claims that Septa has had problems with the bus levels since the agency I got the buses even though it is not mentioned when that was. Bus drivers complained about blind spots in the 15 x 8-inch mirrors, which led to “numerous left-wing collisions with pedestrians”, according to the suit.

As a result, the suit claims that Septa and new flyers have replaced the original mirror with a length of 3 inches smaller. Except, according to the suit, the problem of the blind spot has remained because the placement of the mirror was unchanged.

In order to tackle the problem, Michael Liberi, Chief Officer of Septa, suggested trying the drivers to get the best viewpoint for pedestrians on a crosswalk by moving “to the front and back and right to the left, said the suit.

The bus that hit the Spooner was equipped with the smaller mirror, and the suit claims that new flyer “did not warn septa or pedestrians of risks that are associated with the blind place in connection with the created design”. The lawsuit accuses the bus company to ignore “security innovations accepted in industries”, such as cameras or sensors that could help reduce limited visibility problems for drivers that make the left -wing curves.

Septa is accused of considering the blind spot as a “acceptable risk”.

The lawsuit further claims that the bus operator was negligent when operating the bus and accused him of “under the circumstances with a high and excessive speed rate”.

“Septa and new flyers have to be held accountable for this completely avoidable tragedy and must immediately take measures to remove these dangerous blind places before another Philadelphian is hit and killed by one of their buses,” said Jordan Strokovsky, the lawyer of the spoon.

Spooner said to see her how her husband dies in front of her eyes and experienced muscles and nerve injuries to arm and leg, of which she fears that she could be permanent, has her feeling of feeling a wide range of emotional stress, including fear, insomnia, depression and fear of death. It applies for reimbursement for current and future medical expenses as well as for lost wages.

The lawsuit asked about damage that exceeds the 50,000 US dollars, which represents the limit for the mandatory arbitration proceedings before the court in Philadelphia.

Spooner said the suit was an attempt to hold Septa and New Flyer accountable and prevent another family from going through what they are going through.

“We didn't do anything wrong,” she said. “There is a difference between accident and negligence.”