A mother of three wants to keep anybody else from going through her pain.
She is taking the city of Parma and its police force to civil court after a deadly crash more than one year ago that left her severely injured.
Victoria Miranda Velazquez is in a dark place. She views every surgery, and she’s had seven of them so far, as a setback.
Most days, Victoria sits on her boyfriend’s porch, watching everyone else’s life go by.
“Every day I cry, every day I feel lonely. I feel I’ll never get back to me. My happiness was stolen away from me that day,” Velazquez said.
That day was Aug. 24, 2023. Victoria’s attorney shared with News 5 Investigators Parma police body and dash camera video.
Cleveland council members want to sit down with Parma.
2 deadly Parma Police pursuits ended in Cleveland — councilmembers want to talk
“Bad wreck,” you hear one officer say.
A Parma police chase ended in a crash at Pearl and Woburn in Cleveland’s Old Brooklyn neighborhood.
Victoria was hit head-on.