The Champaign Urbana Mass Transit District now faces an $18 million lawsuit, after a woman was hit and critically injured by a bus on Feb. 25.

That afternoon Patricia Marxmiller was on her way to Christie Clinic, where she has worked for 26 years, when she was hit while crossing the intersection of Walnut and Logan Streets, according to the lawsuit. She now faces extensive injury to her legs, said Lt. Tod Myers, North District Commander of the Champaign Police department.

The lawsuit, filed on Wednesday by Frederick & Hagle against CUMTD and the driver of the bus, Seth Stevens, asks for $18 million in damages caused by the accident.

“The (driver) ran the bus he was driving over the plaintiff causing her catastrophic injuries, including the traumatic amputation of her left leg,” the lawsuit stated.

Myers said police are still looking for witnesses to get more information on the accident.

“All we know at this point is that the bus was going west on Logan street,” Myers said. “At this point we interviewed a few people, we collected surveillance from nearby stores, but we are still very much in the investigative phase.”

Cameras are installed on each bus to provide footage for these investigations, but the camera was not working on this particular bus.

“In this case, the cameras had been noted that they weren’t working on Monday evening,” said Bryan Smith, chief operating officer of CUMTD. “On Tuesday it was scheduled for repair, but … we weren’t able to get to it on midday on Tuesday, and so it ended up going back out on route on Wednesday without having been repaired.”

Smith said cameras are not considered a safety feature, and since the CUMTD runs so many routes, they needed to use the bus.

This is not the first time Stevens had an accident concerning another pedestrian. On Jan. 29, 2014, Stevens struck a pedestrian in a crosswalk on First Street, the lawsuit stated. Stevens pleaded guilty in the case.

Marxmiller is a mother of two daughters and a grandmother to two boys, according to her biography from Christie Clinic’s website. The lawsuit states the money will be used for medical expenses, rehabilitation expenses, care taking expenses, lost wages and extreme physical and emotional pain.

A date for appearance in court has not yet been set according to Champaign County Circuit Clerk records.

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