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Lawsuit Planned Over Response To Fatal UWS Crash
By: Cheryl Wills
The city will soon be facing a lawsuit over the death of a 4-year-old girl in a car accident last week.
Ariel Russo's family is filing two $20 million lawsuits against the New York City Police Department, Emergency Medical Services and the city, claiming a delay in the emergency response led to her death and the injuring of her grandmother.
One lawsuit is on behalf of Ariel and the other is on behalf of her grandmother.
"Ariel was a loving, caring little girl," said Sofia Russo, Ariel's mother. "She said 'I love you' to all of us every single day."
Read more and video http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/183669/lawsuit-planned-over-response-to-fatal-uws-crash