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FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019 photo, Mike Carpenter, uncle of Greg Longenecker, pauses as he is interviewed by The Associated Press in Reading, Pa. The estate of a man who was run over by a bulldozer while being chased by Pennsylvania State Police for illegally growing a handful of pot plants is nearing a settlement of its federal wrongful death lawsuit against the state. Longenecker, a 51-year-old short-order cook, and Grateful Dead fan had fled into the thick brush after being caught growing 10 marijuana plants on public land near Reading. His body was found under the treads of a Pennsylvania Game Commission bulldozer that state police had commandeered in pursuit. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma, File)

Settlement near in case of pot suspect killed by state dozer

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019 photo, Mike Carpenter, uncle of Greg Longenecker, pauses as he is interviewed by The Associated Press in Reading, Pa. A federal lawsuit accuses Pennsylvania State Police of gross recklessness for using a bulldozer to chase and inadvertently run over and kill Longenecker, who had fled after being caught growing marijuana on public land. An amended complaint, filed Thursday, Dec. 12 quotes a state police helicopter pilot as expressing shock that a police colleague was using the bulldozer to look for Longenecker, who was hiding in thick brush. Cpl. Edward Stefanides said the bulldozer appeared to be “coming in blind” and that he tried to tell its operator to stop. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma, File)

Suit: Pilot tried to warn before dozer killed pot suspect

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM - Associated Press

DA: Police justified in chasing drug suspect with bulldozer

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM - Associated Press