Family of Ugandan activist decapitated in Arches National Park to receive $10.5M

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A federal judge in Utah on Monday awarded more than $10.5 million to the family of Esther “Essie” Nakajjigo, a Ugandan human rights activist who was decapitated in Arches National Park in 2020.

Esther Nakajjigo, left, and Ludovic Michaud pose for a photo together at Arches National Park on June 13, 2020, the day that she was later killed when an unsecured gate swung open, striking the couple's car and decapitating her.A federal judge in Utah on Monday awarded more than $10.5 million to the family of Esther “Essie” Nakajjigo, a Ugandan human rights activist who wasNakajjigo’s husband, Ludovic Michaud, and her parents had sued the U.S.

The weekend trip in June 2020 was a “welcome break” after months of lockdown, court documents state. Photos taken at the park show the two of them smiling together. But on June 13, 2020, one year from the day they met, it all went horribly wrong. Michaud still remembers the metallic smell of the blood, court documents state. He said he had to stay in his blood-soaked clothes all day and night until he returned to Colorado, and had to use cotton swabs to get all the blood out of his ears.

During the trial, an attorney representing the U.S. government said, “The United States was 100% at fault. … And we want to express on behalf of the United States our profound sorrow for your loss.” When she was 17, Nakajjigo donated her university tuition money to start a private, nonprofit community health center that she named the Princess Diana Health Centre. The United Nations Population Fund awarded her a Woman Achiever Award, and at the awards ceremony, she was named Uganda’s ambassador for women and girls.

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