The family of a 54-year-old man killed in a head-on, alcohol-related collision have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the driver of the other car and her parents.
Christine Meneses is suing Elizabeth Tuccini on behalf of her siblings and grandmother, according to the lawsuit, filed Thursday in Pima County Superior Court.
Tuccini, 22, was found guilty of negligent homicide two weeks ago in the December 2008 death of Marco Salazar.
Deputy Pima County Attorney Victoria Otto presented evidence Tuccini was drunk and driving at a high rate of speed when she collided head-on with Salazar two miles north of the Marana Road exit on the Interstate 10 frontage road.
Tuccini's blood alcohol level was 0.157 about 90 minutes after the crash; the legal limit in Arizona is 0.08.
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The lawsuit, which was filed on Meneses’ behalf by attorney Kevin Moore, seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages from Tuccini and her parents, whose car she was driving.
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