Lawsuit Filed After Deadly Police Pursuit

A lawsuit has been filed over a police pursuit that ended in a deadly suburban St. Louis crash.

Two daughters of 49-year-old Mikel Neil filed the wrongful death lawsuit Monday in St. Louis County Circuit Court. Neil and his passenger, 59-year-old Townsal Woolfolk, died in August when their fleeing car crashed into a tree.

The lawsuit names the county and two recently fired officers, Mark Jakob and Alex Maloy.

St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said they were terminated because they ``misled'' investigators and ``discredited'' themselves and the department by initially saying they never chased the car Neil was driving.

The St. Louis County Police Department prohibits chases unless a felony has been committed. The police union says the officers did nothing wrong.