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A Penn State football player and the university are being sued after a 6-year-old boy was seriously injured in an electric scooter crash earlier this year.
De’Andre Cook, a Nittany Lion true freshman, struck a boy while riding a scooter on the Penn State campus last February. The child sustained two pelvic fractures, a broken foot and head injuries, according to the lawsuit that was filed last week in Centre County Court.
The lawsuit, filed by the boy’s father, Shane Richard, is seeking at least $100,000 in damages. It alleges that the child may undergo further medical treatment for his injuries and has suffered from “severe pain, anxiety, depression, emotional distress, humiliation, loss of pleasures and enjoyment of life and/or a serious impairment of one or more bodily functions.”
Cook is a 6-4, 282-pound defensive lineman from the Washington, D.C. area that coach James Franklin signed in his 2024 recruiting class. He pled guilty in March to summary charges of failing to yield to pedestrians and failing to stop at a stop sign and paid $238 in fines, according to online court records.
Penn State coach James Franklin motions on the sideline a game against Purdue Boilermakers on Nov. 16, 2024, in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Cook allegedly struck the boy while he was crossing North Burrowes Street with his father.
The lawsuit claims negligence against Penn State for failing to enforce its campus ban on electric scooters and against Cook for causing the crash. The suit alleges that not only do Penn State officials offer “special favoritism” to student-athlete, such as Cook, by providing them with scooters − despite campus regulations − but fail to train them on safe operating procedures.
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Author : York Daily Record
Publish date : 2024-11-19 01:18:00
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