The family of Harry Dunn, a British 19-year-old who died last year after his motorcycle was struck by the vehicle of an America diplomat's wife, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in a U.S. District Court.
Anne Sacoolas, a diplomat’s wife, said she would like to meet Harry Dunn’s family but they are only open to a meeting if she returns to the U.K. to face justice. Anne Sacoolas, a diplomat’s wife, said she would like to meet Harry Dunn’s family but they are only open to a meeting if she returns to the U.
K. to face justice.The family of Harry Dunn, a British 19-year-old who died last year after his motorcycle was struck by the vehicle of an America diplomat's wife, filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Wednesday. Radd Seiger, an adviser for Dunn's parents, said in a statement that they filed the suit in U.S. District Court in Virginia because Anne Sacoolas has spent more than a year avoiding prosecution forSacoolas initially cooperated with investigators before she and her husband, also named in the lawsuit, fled to the U.S. about three weeks after the incident. They claimed diplomatic immunity, and, in January, the State Department denied an extradition request. "You do not get to kill someone and walk away in a rules-based society," Seiger said in the statement.The parents and step-parents of Harry Dunn are shown ahead of their meeting with Director of Public Prosecutions Max Hill, at CPS Headquarters in London, Sept. 9, 2020. The parents and step-parents of Harry Dunn are shown ahead of their meeting with Director of Public Prosecutions Max Hill, at CPS Headquarters in London, Sept. 9, 2020."We have worked closely with our U.K. counterparts to find a mutually acceptable path forward," a State Department spokeswoman said last month."We continue to engage with them to find a reasonable resolution." According to court records, Dunn was riding his motorcycle in Croughton, Northamptonshire, when struck head-on by Sacoolas. The suit alleges that despite having a cellphone she didn't call for help, and it was a passerby who called for an ambulance. Dunn was transported to a hospital, where he later died from his injuries. Sacoolas admitted the accident was her fault and that she was driving on the wrong side of the road, according to the lawsuit. Jonathan Sacoolas, Anne's husband, owned the SUV she was driving at the time of the incident. They fled the country without notifying local authorities, the lawsuit claims.Dunn's family has quite publicly pressed officials on both sides of the Atlantic to provide them a chance at justice. Dunn's parents, Tim Dunn and Charlotte Charles, accepted an invitation from President Donald Trump to meet him at the White House, however, they declined to meet her. The family insisted on meeting her in the U.K. "The parents wanted none of this," Seiger said of the lawsuit."They have worked hard to avoid this. Mrs. Sacoolas and her advisers clearly do not consider the further misery this imposes on Harry's family."In this Oct. 15, 2019, file photo, a banner is shown near the RAF Croughton airbase in Northamptonshire, England, where Harry Dunn died when riding his motorcycle from his home. In this Oct. 15, 2019, file photo, a banner is shown near the RAF Croughton airbase in Northamptonshire, England, where Harry Dunn died when riding his motorcycle from his home. Dunn's death sparked rallies and protests around the world, and British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is applying to join the complaint as an"This extraordinary move has been welcomed by Harry's parents," Seiger said in the statement. Raab"will now be available to the parents and the court in order to provide assistance to them in securing the right outcome."
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