Kansas City, Mo ? Parents of a woman who died after she was struck by a minivan in a pedestrian crosswalk have sued the city and two universities for negligence.

Zhiping Chen and Huifang Tan have sued Kansas City, University of Missouri-Kansas City and Rockhurst University, claiming they knew the intersection where their daughter was killed was dangerous and should have worked to prevent accidents there.

Pei Chen, a 20-year-old student at the University of Missouri-Kansas City who lived in a Rockhurst dormitory, was struck the morning of Feb. 3 while trying to cross Troost Avenue at its intersection with 53rd Street. Chen died 11 days later.

Her parents are seeking more than $25,000 in damages in the suit filed Tuesday in Jackson County Circuit Court.

Chen’s parents, who live in China, also claim officials at the schools knew about previous pedestrian accidents at the crosswalk.

The lawsuit claims the city failed to maintain a proper crosswalk at the intersection and the universities did not adequately protect their students and did not maintain safe living arrangements.

Chen was living at Rockhurst because of a housing shortage at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Galen Beaufort, the city attorney for Kansas City, and spokeswomen for both universities declined to comment on the lawsuit.

Melieka Perkins, 19, has been charged with careless and imprudent driving in the accident that killed Chen, but Perkins was not named a defendant in the case. Tom Wagstaff, the plaintiffs’ attorney, said Chen’s parents had resolved matters with Perkins’ insurance company.