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Family of 35-year-old Washington attorney Okiemute Whiteru, who lay dying for four days after falling from the escalator at Judiciary Square station in 2013, is seeking $25 million from the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
The lawsuit alleges that despite the fall being recorded on surveillance cameras, and staff witnessing the accident, Whiteru was left to slowly die behind a small wall. His death was eventually ruled an accident from blunt force trauma.
Metro officials have not commented on the lawsuit.
The lawsuit alleges that despite the fall being recorded on surveillance cameras, and staff witnessing the accident, Whiteru was left to slowly die behind a small wall. His death was eventually ruled an accident from blunt force trauma.
Metro officials have not commented on the lawsuit.