FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (CBS12) — A wrongful death lawsuit filed in Broward County alleges that Carvana sold a 2015 Kia Forte with a dangerous exhaust leak to a dealership in West Palm Beach, which then sold the vehicle to 21-year-old college student Allwyn Thompson Jr., who later died from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Attorneys with Morgan & Morgan announced Wednesday that Thompson was found dead on June 29, 2024, inside his Kia Forte in the parking lot of a Fort Lauderdale nightclub he had visited the night before. An autopsy determined the cause of death was carbon monoxide poisoning.
According to the 68-page lawsuit, Carvana sold the vehicle to the West Palm Beach dealership, which in turn sold the car to Thompson. The complaint alleges the vehicle contained an exhaust leak that allowed lethal levels of carbon monoxide to enter the cabin, a condition that was never detected or disclosed despite multiple inspections…