City, crash victim's family finalize $1.8 settlement in court
On
The victim's wife,
In putting the case to rest, O'Dell said
"We all try to teach our children to make it right when they do something wrong," O'Dell said. "The [Santini] family is glad that the city's insurance company saw the writing on the wall and paid what is fair under the law. But Officer Streyle, and for that matter, the powers that be with the city of
O'Dell went on to say that the city and the
"Now that the case is over, for their sake and the sake of the Santini family, they should call, accept full responsibility and tell the family that they deserved every penny plus their heartfelt apology. And, they should tell Emily and
Judge
When O'Dell filed the suit in March, he used data from the police vehicle's black box that showed the vehicle was traveling "at least 73 MPH in a residential area of
"They admitted it wasn't an emergency call, they admitted he was not using his siren, they admitted he was not using his lights, and they admitted he was driving over 70," O'Dell said in an August phone interview. "They also admitted that neither one of the officers had been disciplined."
In a statement from O'Dell from
"Money is a poor substitute for the life of a loved one. However, once a very preventable death is tragically caused by the recklessness of a public servant sworn to protect and serve, it is the only way to try and hold those in power accountable," O'Dell said in the statement. "One of the main purposes of civil lawsuits is to shine a bright light on wrongful conduct so that hopefully the same thing doesn't happen to someone else.
"The Santini family hopes that the senseless death of
In the original complaint, O'Dell said Streyle's fellow officer,
O'Dell also said the city's attorneys admitted that Streyle and Guinup were not operating the Dodge Ram in pursuit of a "suspected violator of the law at the time of the motor vehicle crash...," states court documents.
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