And the driver of said minivan bears no responsibility for out driving the road conditions? Even if dispatches crews could have reached them, there’s no guarantee they would have prevented the deaths.
I’m sure the defense will raise that point, but the details revealed in the lawsuit point to a negligence that greatly impacted the response in a negative way.
41.720762, -86.166460 Google coordinates. Shows two ponds, both on the East of the intersection. Couldn't print the map.This pond is on the Southwest side, and completely dry at the time Google took this picture
"At all relevant times, the Subject Pond was at least eight (8) feet deep at or near its center."
The driver may have been negligent, but the deceased kids were not. Whether the driver was negligent or not has no bearing on wrongful death suits brought against the county by the estates or surviving family members (other than the driver) of the deceased kids.