An Emmett man has filed a lawsuit against the City of Boise, alleging the city failed to fix known hazards on the Boise River Greenbelt that led to his wife’s fatal bicycle crash in 2024.
Court records show David Simpson filed the complaint on Feb. 27 in Ada County, seeking damages of at least $10,000 related to the death of his wife, Donna Simpson.
According to the lawsuit, Donna was riding a Class 2 electric bicycle on Aug. 22, 2024, along the Greenbelt near Lake Harbor Lane, between mile markers NW 4.1 and NW 4.3. The complaint alleges her front wheel struck a “large, raised section of asphalt” that had been pushed up by a tree root beneath the path. She was thrown over the handlebars and hit her head on the pavement…