Families sue Camp Mystic over Texas flood deaths

""These young girls died because a for-profit camp put profit over safety," the suit alleges. "The Camp chose not to make plans to safely evacuate its campers and counselors from those cabins, despite state rules requiring evacuation plans, and not to spend time and money on safety training and tools," it added. "Instead, the Camp chose to assure its campers and counselors that these cabins are built on 'high, safe locations.'""

""Another suit filed by the parents of 8-year-old camper Eloise "LuLu" Peck alleged that Camp Mystic had known since July 1932 that "cabins that housed defenseless little girls sat in the bullseye of potential flood waters from the Guadalupe River" and had since then "continued to play Russian Roulette with the lives of the little girls."""

Three lawsuits filed in Austin allege wrongful death and negligence by Camp Mystic operators after a fatal flash flood at a Guadalupe River camp. One suit by families of five children and two teenage counselors says the river area is prone to flash flooding known as 'Flash Flood Alley' and accuses the camp of putting profit over safety, failing to plan evacuations, skipping safety training, and ordering campers to remain in flood-plain cabins. A suit by parents of 8-year-old Eloise "LuLu" Peck alleges the camp knew since July 1932 that cabins sat in the bullseye of potential flood waters and continued to play "Russian Roulette" with the girls' lives. A third suit alleges operators initially focused on saving tools and equipment rather than evacuating young campers despite multiple dire warnings as waters rose.

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