Attorneys for a Wallingford woman severely injured in a motorcycle crash that killed her fiancé have settled the case for $13.6 million after dash cam footage showed the other driver was not paying attention.

Allison Vandermaelen was a passenger on a motorcycle with Raymond Smith when it collided in July 2016 with a garbage truck operated by a man who crossed into oncoming traffic, according to an amended lawsuit filed March 13 in New Haven Superior Court. Vandermaelen, 42, suffered a traumatic brain injury and underwent 22 surgeries on her left leg.

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