CHICAGO (CBS) — The family of a woman who was run over by a Chicago police SUV is one step closer to a multi-million dollar settlement.
Martina Standley died in 2022, years after she was hit.
The city’s Finance Committee did not discuss approving the settlement proposed for the family of Martina Standley.
The event dates back to November 13th, 2019, in the 2000 block of East 71st Street in the South Shore neighborhood.
Standley family’s lawsuit said she had a “mental health crisis.”
She walked up to the parked police SUV, touched it, and an officer drove over her.
Video shows officers doing little to nothing to help her as she lay pinned for about eight minutes before paramedics arrived.
She would die two years later from injuries suffered.
The chair of the Finance Committee explained why the settlement passed unanimously on Wednesday.