Family members of a father and son killed in a high speed crash say the city of Chicago and Chicago police are to blame, and are filing a wrongful death suit. NBC 5’s Lauren Petty has more.
Family members of a father and son killed in a high-speed crash say the city of Chicago and Chicago police are to blame, and have filed a wrongful death lawsuit in the case.
According to the family, the man who slammed into their loved ones’ car was being chased by police seconds before the crash.
The incident occurred in early October in the city’s Englewood neighborhood. 25-year-old Chrishawn Turner was driving a Ford Fusion when a car slammed into the car, killing him and his three-year-old son Cabari.
Chrishawn Turner’s childhood friend was also killed in the crash, but miraculously, his two-year-old daughter Shamari survived the wreck.
Attorneys representing the Turner family filed the wrongful death lawsuit this week, saying the car that hit Turner’s vehicle at 69th and Loomis was fleeing from a Chicago police SUV, although authorities at the time said that the pursuit had been called off before the crash.
“There was a police car on the scene immediately after the crash,” attorney Jim Montgomery said. “That tells us there was no discontinuance of the chase.”
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Turner’s mother Cynthia and his fiancé Sharnice McGee also spoke at the press conference, saying that they are still seeking answers in the death of their loved ones.
“We have a lot of unanswered questions,” McGee said. “He was an awesome dad and fiance, and he treated us so good.”
Montgomery says that the family is challenging the Chicago Office of Police Accountability to investigate the crash, and to deliver answers on what happened on the night Turner and his son were killed.
It’s been more than a month since NBC 5 Investigates filed public records requests for information on the crash, and the station has not heard back from authorities.
When asked for comment on the lawsuit, Chicago police told NBC 5 that department policy prohibits them from commenting on pending litigation.
