Iryna Zarutska’s family sues Charlotte over alleged security failures in her death

Relatives of woman fatally stabbed on public transit allege death was preventable and Charlotte knew of violent crime issue The family of Iryna Zarutska is suing Charlotte and a security company one year after the Ukrainian refugee was fatally stabbed onboard a light rail train in the North Carolina city. A lawsuit filed on Friday in Charlotte’s Mecklenburg county superior court alleges Zarutska’s death was preventable. It also claims the city and the company that provides security for the Charlotte Area Transit System failed to put adequate protections in place despite knowing about violent crime on and around the municipal light rail line. Frank Scott Haskell, Zarutska’s uncle, filed the lawsuit, which alleges the defendants knew about safety and crime concerns involving Charlotte’s public transit system before the deadly attack. The city and Professional Security Services “were responsible for protecting lawful passengers from known and foreseeable danger”, the lawsuit states, according to the Charlotte Observer .

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