Arlington City Council Approves Settlement For Parents Of Child Who Died From ‘Brain-Eating Amoeba' At Splash Pad

The Arlington City Council voted to authorize the execution of a settlement agreement for the parents ofStorms Developing Out West To Bring Hail, Possible Brief Spin-Up Tornadoes“The last thing that we want is for anyone else and their family to have to feel and go through what we’re going through at this time,” Tariq Williams said.

After visiting his favorite splash pad at Don Misenhimer Park, Bakari Williams fell ill. He was diagnosed with an infection caused by a brain eating amoeba and died. “Bakari was a loving, energetic, passionate, sweet, beautiful, innocent boy,” Tariq Williams said. “He didn’t deserve to die in this manner.”Last October his parents filed a lawsuit seeking $1 million in damages, claiming the City of Arlington was negligent by failing to properly monitor and chlorinate the water.

“We plan on developing a white paper that talks about the lessons learned through the process and we’re prepared to present this information to various conferences within the parks and recreation industry that others can learn from our lesson,” Deputy City Manager Lemuel Randolph said. City officials said they’re confident all the changes will prevent a similar incident from ever happening again in Arlington.Williams’ parents were not in attendance Tuesday night, but their attorney said they will be speaking publicly later this week.Her passion for journalism began in elementary school. For a 5th grade graduation memory book, she was asked what do you want to be when you grow up?...

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