A wrongful death lawsuit over a crash that killed an Illinois woman has been settled for $1.25 million.<\/p>\n
Carmen Cantu, 61, died in a April 2013 crash when her Nissan Sentra was struck by a car and then a tractor-trailer on Interstate 88 near the border of DeKalb and Kane counties.<\/p>\n
Cantu’s daughter, Veronica, filed the suit against the two other drivers involved in the crash and Breckenridge Trucking Inc., the Wenona, Illinois company responsible for the tractor-trailer.<\/p>\n
The driver of the car that rear-ended Cantu was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. The truck driver was not cited.<\/p>\n
The settlement was approved by Judge James R. Murphy. Under the terms of the settlement, Breckenridge will pay $1 million, and the car driver’s insurance company will pay $250,000. Veronica Cantu and her sister, Evelyn Cantu, will share the settlement.<\/p>\n
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