MORGANTOWN — The mother of a West Virginia University student who was struck by a vehicle who ran a red light is suing the companies who constructed a crosswalk instead of a pedestrian bridge.
The Thrasher Group, which is owned by former gubernatorial candidate Woody Thrasher; Dennis Corporation; A. Morton Thomas & Associates; and Quality Counts were all named as defendants in the suit.
Sara B. Queen was 20 years old and a full-time student at WVU planning to continue onto dental school after she graduated when, on Feb. 20, 2018, she was crossing the street at a pedestrian crosswalk at the intersection of Evansdale Drive and Monongahela Boulevard when a white pickup truck ran a red light and struck Queen with the passenger-side mirror upon her head.
Loretta Blake, Queen's mother, claims the injuries Queen sustained included massive skull and brain injuries, leaving her now a mentally incompetent adult.
Blake claims the defendants were aware of the need for a pedestrian bridge, yet, instead, recommended a new crosswalk instead, which was negligent.
Blake is seeking compensatory damages. She is represented by Tony L. O'Dell, Cheryl A. Fisher and Max Corley III of Tiano O'Dell of Charleston.
Monongalia Circuit Court case number 20-C-51
