NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — The owner of a Norfolk party bus company has filed a $5.3 million lawsuit against Triton Logistics of Illinois following a crash involving a Triton truck and a party bus in which three people were killed.
Previously: 3 dead following I-64 crash involving tractor-trailer, bus in York
The lawsuit filed in federal court is the latest legal development following the December 2022 crash on Interstate 64 East near the Humelsine Parkway exit. The Triton Freightliner truck, driven by Daniel Cramer and hauling beer from Chicago to Chesapeake, rear-ended the party bus owned by Futrell’s Party Adventures.
Brothers Jontae Russell and X’zavier Evans, along with Montia Bouie, were killed in the crash, and about 20 other passengers were hurt.
Towanda Futrell’s lawsuit names Triton, owner Andrew Voveris, truck driver Daniel Cramer and several related companies. Futrell alleges they were grossly negligent and acted with willful, wanton and reckless indifference to the safety of others.