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The sister of a Fort Wayne man killed while putting coins in a parking meter on a busy downtown street filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the driver of the car that caused the chain-reaction crash that led to his death.
Richard Conner, 71, a longtime employee at Fort Wayne Newspapers and known for taking long walks through the community, was killed instantly Feb. 2 after a chain-reaction crash caused his own car to run over him as he put coins in a parking meter.
The crash was caused when a woman ran a red light at Clinton and Wayne streets. Her minivan struck a pickup, causing it to careen out of control. It crashed into Conner’s parked 2007 Pontiac, which hit him.
Conner walked everywhere for much of his adult life and was often seen walking all over Allen County, far away from his apartment near the Fort Wayne Newspapers building. He had bought the Pontiac just a few months before he was killed.
Conner’s sister, Mary L. Welch, filed the lawsuit in Allen Superior Court this week, seeking unspecified damages against Rachel Crosby, the driver of the minivan, and the company for which she worked, Correctional Management Co. in Indianapolis, which owned the vehicle.
The lawsuit claims Crosby was driving the minivan in a dangerous and negligent manner and the company was negligent in hiring her and allowing her to drive in a dangerous manner.
An Internet search indicated that Correctional Management Company, 9000 Keystone Crossing, Indianapolis, provides residential and detention services, as well as other services, to juveniles. Founded in 1996, the company has three residential treatment facilities in Indiana.
rgreen@jg.net
