deadly crash that happened on a Texas highway<\/a> about two months ago.<\/p>\nFour young women from the Houston area died in the crash, and now, their families are suing those they say are responsible, including H-E-B.<\/p>\n
Lakeesha Brown, Brianna Brantley, Myunique Johnson and Taylor White were on their way home from a trip to Colorado on Nov. 5 when they got a flat tire on Highway 87 about 10 miles south of Dalhart in the Texas Panhandle.<\/p>\n
According to video from another vehicle, the group of women pulled off the right side of the road and turned on the hazard lights.<\/p>\n
“Looks like they were coming from a girls’ trip to Colorado and experienced a flat tire, and so what they did was adhere to traffic laws and slowed down, turned on their hazard lights,” attorney Rodney Jones said.<\/p>\n
Jones is representing the families of Brown and Brantley. His office released video showing the crash, and he said it clearly shows that the crash was preventable.<\/p>\n
“It leads me to believe that this driver was clearly distracted, grossly negligent. He had ample time,” Jones said.<\/p>\n
Texas Department of Public Safety officials said the driver of the 18-wheeler failed to control his speed.<\/p>\n
The driver, identified as Guadalupe Villareal, is named in the lawsuit. Officials said he was hauling H-E-B merchandise. Parkway Transit, Inc. and Scrappy Trucking LLC were also named in the lawsuit.<\/p>\n
Jones said the families, first and foremost, want justice for their loved ones.<\/p>\n
In a statement, H-E-B said the incident involved a third-party vendor driver, not an H-E-B partner.<\/p>\n
Villareal, according to DPS, has not been charged in connection with the crash, but the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n
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