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$200,000 Settlement Reached 6 Years After Fire Cadet Dies In Bothced Training Exercise

BALTIMORE (WJZ)—Baltimore City settles a lawsuit brought on the family of a fire department recruit killed during a bothced training exercise.

Twenty-nine-year-old Racheal Wilson's family will receive $200,000.

They originally sued for $10 million.

After her death in 2007, an independent investigation found the training exercise in a vacant building violated more than four dozen safety standards.

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