By rssfeeds-admin The attorney’s office said that on March 10 said that KSP trooper Travis Dalton tried pulling over a vehicle reportedly driven by Rodney Richards, ending with a high-speed chase that lasted around 8.5 minutes and reached speeds over 110 mph.
According to the announcement, the chase ended when Richards reportedly crossed the centerline on KY Route 333 and hit Jordan Lynch and his teenage daughter head-on. Lynch was life-flighted to the University of Louisville Hospital to be treated.
The announcement confirmed that, on June 1, Lynch died from his injuries at the University of Kentucky Hospital.
The attorney for Lynch’s family, Kevin Weis, spoke critically of Dalton’s decision to pursue Richards in a statement.
“This pursuit should never have happened,” said Kevin P. Weis of Thomas Law Offices, PLLC, legal counsel for the Lynch family. “The trooper disregarded Kentucky State Police policy and basic safety considerations resulting in this tragedy.”
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The complaint references “Jill’s Law,” which was enacted in 2020 to prevent bystanders from being injured and/or killed during police chases. It also cites a KSP general order, which tells troopers to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons and property on the highway.
Data shows that 40% of people killed in police pursuits are bystanders, like Lynch.
The law office asserted that there were no life-threatening emergencies or exigent circumstances that called for Dalton to pursue. In the lawsuit, the Lynch family claimed negligence, gross negligence, wrongful death, and loss of parental consortium.
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