The family of a woman who died two days after bumping her head on monkey bars while working out at a fitness circuit in Surrey is suing the city, alleging the outdoor facility wasn’t maintained properly, which led to her death, according to the lawsuit.

Jiong Qing Deng died in June 2023 after exercising at Crescent Park in South Surrey, according to two almost identical lawsuits — one by her husband and one by her daughter — filed in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver.

“As she was using the monkey bars, she slipped, fell and struck her head on a rung,” and she died two days later in hospital, according to the lawsuits.

“The incident caused injury, loss and expense to the plaintiff,” the lawsuits said, one filed by the woman’s husband, Ben Lin Zeng, the other by her daughter, Leanne April Z

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