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$6.1 Million Settlement Reached in Wrongful Death Lawsuit in Youngstown, Ohio Building Explosion

The family of a Penn Hills man killed in an explosion in Youngstown, Ohio has reached a multi-million dollar settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit. 

27-year-old Akil Drake died last year after an office building in downtown Youngstown exploded when a scrap removal crew cut a natural gas line. 

Nine other people were injured in the blast. Drake’s family then sued the building owner and the gas company.

Read more at CBS News

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