‘This crash was unequivocally preventable’: State of Arizona, guardrail maker sued over I-17 deadly guardrail crash

PHOENIX — The State of Arizona and Trinity Industries, the maker of a controversial guardrail, are now facing a lawsuit one year after a teenager was killed, and another lost his leg in a crash on I-17.

Jaxson Elliot and Jett Weinstein were on their way home from Flagstaff when they crashed into an ET-Plus guardrail. Pictures from the crash scene show the guardrail through the passenger compartment of the car.

Elliot died in the crash and Weinstein was injured, losing his right leg…

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