By Jesse Dungan<\/strong><\/p>\n March 6, 2008<\/p>\n The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors voted Tuesday to approve a $21 million settlement with family and friends of a 4-year-old girl killed in 2003 in a Municipal Railway accident, a spokesman for the agency said today.<\/p>\n On February 11, 2003, Elizabeth Dominguez was fatally struck by a Municipal Railway truck driven by Sebastian Garcia, then 58, at the corner of 24th Street and Potrero Avenue. Elizabeth’s mother, Sylvia Lopez, her friend, Monica Valencia, and her friend’s grandmother, Candelaria Valencia, were with the girl and were also injured during the collision.<\/p>\n In 2005, a jury awarded Dominguez’ family and the Valencia family $27 million, however, the city appealed the case.<\/p>\n On Tuesday, the board of directors voted 6-1 to approve a $21 million settlement, said agency spokesman Judson True.<\/p>\n “The SFMTA extends its condolences to the family of Elizabeth Dominguez,” Nathaniel Ford, executive director of the agency, said in a prepared statement. “While the agency is significantly impacted by the magnitude of the settlement, we recognize that no amount of money can erase this terrible tragedy.”<\/p>\n The money will be distributed through the Municipal Transportation Agency’s operating fund over three years, True said. The first payment will be made within 30 days of Tuesday’s meeting.<\/p>\n “This was a horrible human tragedy,” said Alexis Thompson, a spokeswoman for the city attorney’s office. “The family of Elizabeth Dominguez suffered an incalculable loss and our hearts go out to them.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Jesse Dungan March 6, 2008 The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors voted Tuesday to approve a $21 million settlement with family and friends of a 4-year-old girl killed in 2003 in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6413,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222],"tags":[334,224,332,333],"class_list":["post-135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-accident","tag-muni","tag-san-francisco-municpal-transportation-authority","tag-settlement"],"yoast_head":"\n