The parents of a teenager in Northern Indiana who died along with her boyfriend in 2020 after being chased by police in a car crash are suing the city of Mishawaka.
A lawsuit filed by Elizabeth Johnson Nair’s parents argued that police chases in December 2020 were dangerous from the start and that Mishawaka police officers were not properly trained on reasonable procedures to manage such chases. I argue that it wasn’t.
When Johnson-Neher was 18, she and her boyfriend Clayton McClish, 19, were killed when his car was hit at an intersection by a car fleeing police in Mishawaka, just east of South Bend. did.
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McClish’s car was hit by a car allegedly driven by 23-year-old Jesse Lottie.
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Lottie was charged with resisting law enforcement and leaving the scene of the fatal accident. However, court and prison records show that he was never taken into custody and an arrest warrant remains.
Johnson-Neher’s parents filed a lawsuit in St. Joseph County last week. WBND-TV reported that she is seeking damages, including pain and emotional distress from her daughter’s death.
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The Associated Press left a message for comment Friday on behalf of the law firm representing the city of Mishawaka.