Politics & Government
Train Crash Victim's Family Seeks $5M from Mission Viejo
After the Sept. 9 death of former Mission Viejo High School student Anastasia Bolton, 17, the victim's family is asking for $5 million in damages from the city of Mission Viejo.
Will the family of train crash victim Anastasia Bolton receive $5 million from the city?
City staffers are recommending the city not pay the damages requested from Stephanie Bolton, whose relationship to Bolton was unclear based on city documents.
On Sept. 9 2010, former Mission Viejo High School student Bolton, 17, was struck and killed by a commuter train traveling beneath the Alicia Parkway overpass. Her friend Daniel Akins, 22, of Mission Viejo, was also killed.
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The City Council will vote on the settlement Monday night at its 6 p.m. meeting.
In other news, a jogger and his wife are seeking unspecified damages after the husband was struck by a vehicle at the La Barca/Marguerite Parkway intersection.
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According to their claim, Gregory Schaefers suffered various injuries from the Sept. 1 accident, including a broken jaw, brain hemorrhage, broken vertebrae and the loss of his senses of taste and smell.
The couple contend that a "dangerous road design" at that intersection is responsible for the accident.
The staff has recommended that the city reject their claim.
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