A jury awarded $10.5 million to the family of a 61-year-old man who was killed in a collision during a police chase in April 2018 on the city’s North Side.
The victim, Tuong Lam, suffered for 17 minutes after his vehicle was struck by a car fleeing police on April 13, 2018, according to attorneys representing Lam’s estate.
Shortly after the crash, prosecutors charged the motorist who fled police with reckless homicide. That man, Jusef Wofford, of West Rogers Park, later pleaded guilty to aggravated DUI and was sentenced to nine years in prison.
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