The family of R&B singer Angie Stone has filed a lawsuit against the drivers of her van that overturned and another tractor-trailer, as well as the companies that own them.
According to the lawsuit, filed in Gwinnett County on Tuesday and obtained by WSBTV.com, a 2021 Freightliner tractor-trailer crashed into the van overturned in the middle of Interstate-65. The lawsuit says the driver never applied the brakes.
As a result of the crash and the van overturning, Stone became trapped underneath the van and died from her injuries on March 1, the lawsuit says.
The suit claims the tractor-trailer was also equipped with Detroit Assurance 5.0, a collision mitigation system designed and sold by Defendants Daimler Truck North America LLC 3 and Detroit Diesel Corporation. The filing claims its system did not function properly and warn Wilkinson of the overturned van in the road.
The lawsuit argues that the negligence of the companies and both drivers led to Stone’s death and injuries to others in the van.
Stone’s family is calling for the defendants to pay for hospital bills, attorney fees, damages and anything else a judge deems appropriate.
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