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The family of a Brookline woman who died after a state trooper struck her while walking in a crosswalk on Route 9 has sued the Massachusetts State Police, alleging negligence and wrongful death.
Margie Mendez, 86, was running errands in Chestnut Hill on Jan. 15 when she was struck by trooper Kyle Santoro, driving a State Police cruiser. She died on April 5, after months in the hospital with a head injury and broken bones…