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Family awarded $2 million in wrongful death lawsuit
A couple was reportedly run over by a dump truck during the construction of West Germantown Fire Station in 2008.
A man who survived after his wife was killed by a dump truck in Germantown was awarded more than $2 million from a Montgomery County jury, the Gazette reported Tuesday.
Yunshu Li and her husband Xiufeng Wang were reportedly run over by a dump truck that was backing up during the construction of the Germantown/Kingsview Fire Station No. 22 in 2008, according to the Gazette.
Li died at the scene.
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According to records from Montgomery County Circuit Court, the family filed a lawsuit for personal injury and wrongful death against Milestone Construction Services of Sterling, Va., and Hakes Contracting, of Germantown.
Li is survived by a son and five daughters, the Gazette reported.
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