West Virginia Woman Files Suit Against Police

FAIRMONT, W.Va. (AP) – A West Virginia woman has filed a lawsuit against a police department, alleging officers were speeding in a department truck when they fatally struck her husband’s car. The Exponent Telegram reported Monday that Emily Santini filed the suit in Marion County Circuit Court. A crash reconstruction report cited by the lawsuit argues that a Fairmont Police Department pickup was going 73 mph in a 35-mph zone when it struck 72-year-old Steve Santini’s car in July. Police said on the day of the crash that the truck “was not being operated at an extensive rate of speed.” The lawsuit seeks punitive damages and a jury trial. The newspaper says the police chief declined to comment.