Excerpts from patch.com:

The motorist who collided with the Minooka Fire Protection District ambulance on the afternoon of May 23 has retained a law firm and filed a personal injury lawsuit. Plaintiff John Wnek’s lawsuit named ambulance driver Jacob Truhlar and the Minooka FPD as co-defendants.

The lawsuit noted that May 23, Truhlar operated the Minooka FPD ambulance going east on Wildy Road heading toward Ridge Road, while, Wnek was driving a car northbound on Ridge. The eastbound traffic for Wildy was controlled by a stop sign at Ridge Road.

According to the plaintiff, Truhlar was transporting a patient who was in stable condition and “whose medical condition upon transport to the hospital was not a bona fide or true emergency for which the deliberate disregard of traffic control standards was not required to reduce the seriousness of the situation nor authorized by a licensed physician.”

The lawsuit contends that Truhlar “made a conscious and deliberate decision to disregard the posted stop sign at the intersection of Wildy Road and Ridge Road and enter the intersection without reducing his speed or stopping,” that Truhlar was only 19 years old at the time and that the Minooka FPD “mandated that such personnel must be at least 20 years of age.”

The defendants in the lawsuit are accused of recklessly operating the ambulance at a speed in excess of 40 mph and in disregard of traffic laws and operating the ambulance without due regard for the safety of others.

The plaintiffs argue that Wnek sustained injuries of a personal and pecuniary nature as a result of the reckless acts of the defendants, and seek an unspecified monetary judgment against the Minooka FPD and Truhlar in Will County court.

thanks Martin

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