The estate of a woman who was struck and killed by a Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus Downtown this year filed a lawsuit against the agency on Thursday.
Dal Maya Rai, 64, of Whitehall, was struck at Liberty and Sixth avenues around 6:15 a.m. Jan. 11.
A complaint filed in the case said she was in the crosswalk at the time. She died on Jan. 13.
The lawsuit, filed in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court, alleges negligence and accuses the driver of operating the bus at a “high and dangerous rate of speed under the circumstances” and failing to see the pedestrian in the crosswalk. It accuses Pittsburgh Regional Transit of failing to properly screen its employees.
Rai’s daughter, Sanchu Rai Hatuwal, is the administrator of the estate.
The lawsuit lists Rai’s spouse, five daughters and two sons as her survivors.
A Pittsburgh Regional Transit spokesman declined to comment.
