Overview

• Diamond Stone, Michael D’Angelo Archer, and crash survivor Sheila Hopkins filed the lawsuit in Gwinnett County, Georgia, seeking a jury trial and damages for medical, funeral, and legal costs.
• The complaint says a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van carrying Stone overturned before dawn, passersby freed five of nine occupants, and a tractor-trailer hauling sugar then struck the stalled van.
• Filings allege the impact ejected Stone and pinned her beneath the van, where she suffered before dying from her injuries.
• Plaintiffs claim the truck driver was inattentive, wore headphones, traveled near 70 mph, and never braked before the collision.
• The suit names CRST and truck manufacturer Daimler Truck North America, alleges a malfunction of the Detroit Assurance 5.0 collision-mitigation system, and identifies the truck driver as Jared Wilkinson; defendants have declined substantive comment citing pending litigation.