The Metropolis of Victoria, Texas has settled a lawsuit arising out of a deadly fireplace division ambulance accident for $500,000. The accident occurred on Could 5, 2022 when the ambulance with three firefighters on board collided with a civilian automobile containing Frank and Betty Roeder.
The crash despatched the ambulance right into a pond and resulted within the dying of Frank Roeder. A Texas Division of Public Security investigation concluded the ambulance was touring at an extreme pace, executed a “defective maneuver,” and really useful that the driving force be charged criminally. A Victoria County grand jury refused to indict the firefighter-driver, 28, on vehicular murder, criminally negligent murder, or aggravated assault.
The ambulance ended up submerged within the pond, however the firefighters had been capable of escape earlier than it sank. The $500,000 settlement is the utmost allowable below the state’s tort claims act. In response to CrossroadsToday.com, the Roeder household launched the next assertion:
- “It’s our honest hope as a household that the lack of our loving father, Frank, and the life-long accidents sustained by our mom, Betty, is not going to be in useless. We’re lucky and relieved to know that the unique findings of fault in opposition to Frank had been inaccurate and our father has been cleared by an unbiased investigation carried out by the Texas Division of Public Security.
- We belief that the information from the investigation will function a catalyst for added coaching and evaluate of insurance policies and procedures to make sure the protection of all residents of Victoria. Our want is that no household must endure the continued ache and lack of a cherished one as a consequence of such a preventable tragedy.”