After their 4-year-old son was killed in a chain-reaction crash outside a California restaurant, a family has sued multiple people and the city where it happened, claiming their child’s death was entirely “preventable.”
“Our sincere hope in bringing this case is that we will make our community safer for other families,” Ayden Fang’s father said in a press release announcing the 25-page complaint. They are suing the city of Burlingame, the driver “involved in the crash,” her parents, and the parents of an 11-year-old boy who allegedly struck the SUV’s driver with an e-bike.
On Aug. 8, 2025, “a series of avoidable events” began, the lawsuit states. Ayden’s family was at Truffle Poke restaurant in Burlingame, California, and Ayden was playing out front with a friend and the friend’s father…