- Family seeks $26M after fatal police chase killed truck driver Bohdan Vetrov.
- Claim alleges Lakewood officers violated pursuit laws and risk assessment.
- Attorneys say safer pursuit options were ignored before the deadly crash.
Police chases are unquestionably dangerous, and sometimes, they’re undeniably reckless. Law enforcement officers often argue that they’re necessary. One family in Washington is suing their local police department over what it calls policy violations that led to the death of 57-year-old Bohdan Vetrov.
Vetrov, a father of seven, was a truck driver who was simply doing his job on June 29, 2023. In the early morning hours, police were chasing an allegedly stolen Kia that rammed Vetrov’s truck head-on. The truck jackknifed, Vetrov was ejected from the cab, and later died at the hospital.
A Chase Gone Wrong…