The family of Christopher Walker, a father of 10-year-old twins who was struck and killed by Fresno police Officer David Hutchason, has reached a $3.25 million settlement with the city after litigation uncovered evidence contradicting the city’s initial account of the crash, attorneys for the victim said in a statement Tuesday.

“This was a tragedy that never should have happened,” said plaintiffs’ attorney Adam Carlson of Walnut Creek-based Casper, Meadows, Schwartz & Cook. “The city’s investigation failed these children twice. First, by allowing unsafe conduct to take their father’s life, and again by failing to uncover the truth.”

The statement said that Walker was walking home on a “dimly lit” Fresno County road when he was hit by Hutchason, who was on duty but not responding to a cal

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