The City Council of Sioux City has approved a $7.5 million dollar settlement with a rural Hinton man who was critically injured in a 2016 crash involving a city bus and his S-U-V.
Chad Plante suffered two broken legs and a brain injury in the November 15th crash at the intersection of Highway 75 and Outer Belt Drive.
That’s when a turning City Transit bus failed to yield at the intersection and collided with Plante’s vehicle.
The bus driver was cited for failure to obey a traffic control device.
Under the negotiated settlement the city will pay nearly $211,000 to Plante and his wife Rosanne.
The city’s insurance carrier will cover the remaining amount of nearly $7.3-million dollars.
The city has already paid the Plante’s nearly $180-thousand dollars for out of pocket expenses, health insurance and other expenses through June of this year.
