The family of a semi-truck driver killed by a fleeing robbery suspect during a 2023 police chase in Lakewood has filed a wrongful death claim against the city.

The family of a Ukrainian immigrant and father of seven children has filed a wrongful death claim against the City of Lakewood for $26 million.

Vetrov, a father of seven, was a truck driver who was simply doing his job on June 29, 2023. In the early morning hours, police were chasing an allegedly stolen Kia that rammed Vetrov’s truck head-on.

Bohdan Vetrov, a father of seven, was killed when robbery suspects fleeing police collided with his semi-truck in June 2023.

The claim, submitted under Washington’s tort-claim process, says 48-year-old Bohdan Vetrov died on June 29, 2023, when a ...