A wrongful death lawsuit that cites former employees has been brought against the trucking company involved in a fatal drowsy driving pile up crash earlier this summer.
The deadly June 28th pile up on Interstate 20 near Dallas, Texas left five people dead and resulted in the incarceration of truck driver Alexis Osmani Gonzalez-Companioni. At the end of August, the trucking company involved in the crash, Hope Trans, was given 60 days to take “substantive corrective actions” to fix multiple violations discovered by the FMCSA. This week, a wrongful death lawsuit was brought against Hope Trans citing former employees as proof of ongoing safety violations.
According to WFAA, The lawsuit was filed in Dallas County on behalf of the family of Nicole LaJeunesse Gregory, who was killed in the crash. The lawsuit names Hope Trans, owner Aishat Magomedova and broker Covenant Logistics of prioritizing profit over safety by assigning a solo driver to a US Postal run legally required to have team drivers. Postal service policy mandates that any runs longer than 500 miles use team drivers, while the I-20 crash had only Gonzalez-Companioni, who allegedly fell asleep at the wheel…