11 year-old Sarah Zook was riding home from a produce auction with her family when the buggy that they were traveling in was struck by a Chevy Silverado truck. The driver of the truck was Bryan Reed, 45. According to the authorities, Reed was traveling 55 mph and never hit his breaks. He also reeked of alcohol.

Sarah, her brother Eli, her sister Mattie and Mattie’s husband Jonas were all thrown from the buggy. Sarah died the next in the hospital.

The family had taken the proper precautions with the buggy being reddish-orange with reflective tape covering. The buggy was also equipped gas lantern lights.

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The first wrongful death lawsuit after the stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair has been filed. The collapse killed 6 people and injured around 50 others. Some are still in the hospital as a result of their injuries.

The lawsuit has been filed on behalf of Tammy VanDam from Wanatah, Indiana. She was 42 when the stage collapsed on her as a result of a storm during a concert. The lawsuit has been filed by Tammy’s life partner Beth Urschel, 49.

Defendants named in the lawsuit include Live 360 Group, Live Nation Entertainment, and Mid-America Sound Corp. The Indiana State Fair Commission and the state are also named in the lawsuit, but only for the purpose of evidence preservation.

The lawsuit says that the stage was built without an inspection or permit and it did not meet the standards of OSHA. The lawsuit also states that the event planners did not heed the warnings of the approaching storm.

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It was a tragic scene last Saturday night at the Indiana State Fair. Moments before the band Sugarland was set to come out and play a gust of wind estimated at 60-70 mph caused the massive outdoor stage to collapse.

Four fans and one stage crew member were killed and at least forty-five others were injured. The fair was closed down on Sunday and reopened Monday with a memorial service for the victims.

In this tragedy there were still large heroic efforts made by the concertgoers. As the stage collapsed people were running to get away from it, but almost as soon as it became stable there was a rush of people back to the area. Concertgoers were working together to lift the stage and help people that were trapped. They were making stretchers out of the chairs and carrying people to safety.

The collapse is being investigated.

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The wrongful death suit against the city of Tacoma, Pierce county and the state of Washington has been dismissed bySuperior Court Judge J. Wesley Saint Clair. The family of Zina Linnik was a Hilltop girl that was kidnapped and then murdered four years ago by a sex offender. The family of Zina brought the suit on the allegations that the county and state negligently supervised Terapon Adhahn after he was convicted of a sex crime, and also allegations that the city mishandled the issuance of Zina’s Amber Alert on the Forth of July in 2007 when Terapon took her.

Some of the issues that were raised during the lawsuit are the fact that the Tacoma Police spokesman fell back asleep instead of issuing the Amber Alert for Zina. This is what directed the former Tacoma City Manager to discipline the Police Chief and had an outside investigation done on how Zina’s death was handled by police. The family of Zina is planning on appealing the ruling by Judge Saint Clair but was not surprised by it. The lawyer for Zina’s family said that there were two important parts to this case; we wanted expose the momentous errors and oversights that lead to the little girl dying. This we have accomplished. The other is we want to change the laws concerning the different agencies and the duties they have to protect the children and the public. To accomplish this there needs to be a higher duty of care created for Child Protective Services (CPS) and for law enforcement. The family’s lawyer said the Judges ruling did not address the negligence of the different administrations but addressed if they had a legal duty to protect the little girl.The prosecutor who represented the county said that if cities were legally responsible for all crimes that happened under their command then they would not do anything out a fear of liability. He understood the fact that they are going through a great pain and that they would want to find everyone they could share that pain with but this is not a foundation for a lawsuit.

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