The family of a woman killed by a SamTrans bus has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Peninsula public transit system, accusing the agency of fitting the bus with “unsafe” headlights.
The lawsuit filed Thursday names multiple defendants including the driver involved in the accident, SamTrans and its contractor MV Transportation . MV operates some of SamTrans’ fleet of buses.
MV Transportation never responded to NBC Bay Area’s requests for comment on the lawsuit. SamTrans said it can’t comment on open litigation. In our The family of the woman fatally hit by a bus filed a lawsuit Thursday claiming that SamTrans and MV Transportation was negligent in maintaining the bus involved in the accident and that the headlights failed to properly illuminate the road. NBC Bay Area’s Raj Mathai spoke to Candice Nguyen for more.Ernesto Gloria was the victim’s husband. He says his wife was taken away from him on his birthday last year.
The lawsuit filed by Gloria’s husband and daughter also accuses the driver involved in the accident of failing “to keep a proper lookout” and driving the bus “at an unsafe speed.” The police report reviewed by the Investigative Unit does not cite the driver, Jimmy Maerina, for speeding. It states Sol Gloria was at fault for the collision and that Maerina was unable to avoid making contact.
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