Family suing CTA bus driver in woman's death

The family of a woman who was hit and killed by a Chicago Transit Authority bus she had been riding on a minute or two earlier is suing the driver and asking witnesses to the Dec. 31 accident to come forward.

Attorney Timothy Cavanagh says 59-year-old Ludwika Szynalik was removing her bike from the rack on the front of the bus when the driver suddenly accelerated and the bus dragged her more than 80 feet.

Tapes from CTA bus cameras show that Szynalik rode the bus for about 15 minutes before getting off. They also show her starting to remove her bicycle from the outside rack.

Cavanagh says that if the driver had been paying attention, he would have seen her.