The family of a UK teenager killed in a car crash involving a US diplomat's wife say they have reached a resolution in a civil damages claim over the 2019 accident and could now focus on a separate criminal case.
Harry Dunn, 19, died after his motorcycle was in a collision with a car driven by Anne Sacoolas near RAF Croughton, an air force base in the English county of Northamptonshire that is used by the US military.
Sacoolas left the UK shortly after the accident claiming diplomatic immunity from criminal prosecution.
The US has refused to extradite her.
The family has, with the support of the British government, campaigned for justice for their son.
Foreign minister Liz Truss raised it in a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday.
Family spokesman Radd Seiger said that "a resolution to the civil claim has now been reached successfully between the parties".
He did not provide details of the resolution.
Dunn's family have said Sacoolas was driving on the wrong side of the road at the time of the crash.
Sacoolas' lawyer in 2020 said that she will not return voluntarily to potentially face jail for "a terrible but unintentional accident".
Earlier this year then-foreign minister Dominic Raab said the path was clear for British authorities to see whether a virtual trial or other process involving Sacoolas could be used to allow "some accountability and some solace and some justice for the Dunn family".
Australian Associated Press
