New wrongful death lawsuit following fatal DIA tarmac incident

More than 70 passengers, crew members, and an air traffic controller are suing over a deadly incident at Denver International Airport, and the lawsuit has grown to include a wrongful death claim after one plaintiff died days after attorneys first spoke publicly about the case.

Law firms Ramos Law and Watts Law Firm filed the lawsuit on September 17, representing plaintiffs who were on board Frontier Airlines Flight 4345 when the plane struck a trespasser on the runway earlier this year. The trespasser had breached the airport’s perimeter fence just minutes before the collision. There were 231 passengers and crew members on board.

Denver7 first spoke with the law firms about the potential lawsuit on May 13. Denver7 has learned one of the plaintiffs died just days after that interview, and attorneys say her death is directly tied to the crash…

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