New lawsuit claims city should be held responsible for fatal crash involving KCFD truck

KANSAS CITY, Missouri. (KCTV) — A new lawsuit alleges that Kansas City must pay more than $30 million in a fatality involving a Kansas City fire truck.

The award is currently given to fire truck driver Dominique Biscari.

But the new lawsuit alleges that the city did not provide him with a lawyer while he went through arbitration.

The lawsuit states that it is customary in the city to support employees against whom civil cases are filed, but the city did not support the firefighter.

Biscari was working as a KCFD employee when his pump ran a red light and crashed into an SUV in Westport in December 2021.

Three people died that night. Michael Elwood and Jennifer San Nicholas were in the SUV.

The collision also killed pedestrian Tammy Knight, who was standing on the sidewalk where the collision finally ended.

CCTV cameras later recorded the fire truck running a red light. Dispatch audio showed that the truck had been ordered to stop about a minute before, but it just kept moving.

Emails filed in court and provided to KCTV5 News also revealed that other employees had concerns about the driver prior to the crash.

“Mr. Biscari and the KCFD were alerted to his dangerous and reckless driving of KCFD vehicles,” the order reads. “Less than three months prior to the date of the crash, Sept. a letter titled “Terrible Driving” to the Kansas City Fire Chiefs.”

This latest lawsuit asks the city to be held liable for damages caused by firefighters.

The lawsuit against the city itself continues.

Recently, arbitrator awarded $32.4 million families and businesses affected by this disaster.