Dallas: The family of a Dallas police officer
who died in a crash two years ago while escorting
then-presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton in a
motorcade has sued her, the city of Dallas and the maker of
the helmet he was wearing.
Senior Cpl Victor Lozada-Tirado`s widow and children
filed the lawsuit in state district court Monday, saying the
city did not give him proper training for escorting a
motorcade. It also accuses Clinton and her campaign of not
giving timely notice for motorcade assistance, and claims the
helmet he wore was defective.
The family is seeking damages including loss of economic
support.
Lozada-Tirado, 49, died February 22, 2008, when he was
thrown from his motorcycle after clipping a curb and crashing
into a guard rail. The final police report on the accident
said he crashed because he couldn`t negotiate a curb.
A spokesman for the US State Department, where Clinton
now serves as secretary of state, referred calls on the
lawsuit to Lyn Utrecht, the lawyer for Clinton`s presidential
campaign. Utrecht did not immediately return a call from a news agency yesterday.
Helmet manufacturer Super Seer Corp, in Evergreen,
Colorado, also did not immediately return a call.
Frank Librio, a spokesman for the city of Dallas, said
city officials would not comment yesterday.
PTI
