A lawsuit has been filed over a deadly hydrogen truck explosion in San Bernardino County that killed a father of five earlier this year, with the victim’s family alleging the tragedy was preventable.
Moises Perez died on Feb. 24 after a truck hauling compressed hydrogen cylinders exploded at a yard in Colton, according to the lawsuit filed by his widow, Ivena Perez.
The complaint alleges Perez, a truck driver transporting hydrogen gas, reported a gas leak to dispatch before arriving at the facility. Rather than being instructed to stop, the lawsuit claims workers told him to continue driving the transport vehicle to a Colton yard…