The family of a woman killed by a SamTrans bus has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Peninsula public transit system, accusing the agency of fitting the bus with “unsafe” headlights.
The lawsuit filed Thursday names multiple defendants including the driver involved in the accident, SamTrans and its contractor MV Transportation (MV). MV operates some of SamTrans’ fleet of buses.
The accusations include claims SamTrans and MV were “negligent in the maintenance of the bus, including the headlights.” The suit also alleges the headlights on SamTrans bus 448 “were unsafe,” “failed to properly illuminate the road” and the “deficiencies were the cause of the collision which killed