PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Officials have settled a lawsuit against the City of Portland after a young woman died during a street racing incident more than three years ago.
Portland City Council approved an $80,000 settlement involving the death of Ashlee McGill on Thursday. The initial $15 million complaint, filed by her mother Mistegay Nicholson in July 2024, accused the city and several other plaintiffs of negligence, recklessness and wrongful death.
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According to the lawsuit, McGill was waiting at a TriMet stop near Southeast Stark Street and 133rd Avenue when she was struck by a speeding vehicle. The 26-year-old mother died at the scene on Aug. 27, 2022.
Kenneth Freeman, one of the drivers involved in the crash that killed McGill, pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide and was sentenced to a five-year prison sentence in September 2023. He was additionally sentenced to three years of post-prison supervision…