Suit filed over tragic Concord crash that killed dad, daughter

A teenager who ran over and killed a father and daughter riding their bicycles in Concord was sued Friday, along with his parents.

Solaiman Nuri, 41, and his 9-year-old daughter, Hadees were killed April 7, 2012,as they rode their bikes on the sidewalk eastbound along Treat Boulevard near Oak Grove Road. Another daughter, 12-year-old Hannah, suffered minor injuries.

Authorities said David Rosen, then 17, was driving a Cadillac Escalade westbound at 72 mph in a 45 mph zone and made an unsafe lane change. The SUV careened onto the sidewalk, shearing off a fire hydrant and striking the family before crashing into a building. Investigators said he was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol and was not texting.

On Friday, Nuri's widow, Stoorai Nuri, and Hannah filed a lawsuit against Rosen and his parents, Michael and Kathleen Rosen, in Contra Costa County Superior Court.

Reached Friday night, Michael Rosen said, "I haven't heard anything about it, so I really can't comment on it."

Stoorai Nuri usually rode with her family but stayed home that morning to cook breakfast for them. Her husband and children were riding from a nearby Jamba Juice, with their smoothies in their bikes' cup holders, when they were hit just a minute before they would have returned home, relatives said.

Solaiman Nuri, known to friends as Sam, was an Afghan immigrant who doted on his family. He coached Hadees' soccer team and drove a truck at the Port of Oakland, a job that allowed him to spend weekends with his wife and daughters.

In October 2012, David Rosen was sentenced to the maximum term of more than seven years in confinement. But he will be released at age 21 as required by state law because he was convicted as a minor of two felony counts of vehicular manslaughter. He also admitted to a misdemeanor count of reckless driving causing injury to Hannah.

In exchange for his plea, prosecutors dropped unrelated misdemeanor charges stemming from an earlier arrest in Walnut Creek for possessing alcoholic beverages and carrying a switchblade knife.