GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WKBW) — Just over a year after 13-year-old Leah Mayer of Grand Island was hit and killed by a car, her family is filing a lawsuit against the driver, the owner of the vehicle and the Town of Grand Island.
The 8th grader died in September 2024 after she was hit by a car at the intersection of South Parkway and Broadway.
In the 20-page lawsuit, seeking compensatory damages, the lawsuit claims the driver, who was a minor at the time, was “negligent, careless and reckless in operating the aforementioned motor vehicle at an excessive rate of speed.”…