Lawsuit Filed After 18-Wheeler Hauling for H-E-B Kills 4 Women
H-E-B is being hit with a $1 million lawsuit after an 18-wheeler, contracted by H-E-B, violently crashed into a vehicle, killing all 4 young women inside.
Back on November 5, 19-year-old Lakeisha Brown, 30-year-old Breanna Brantley, 20-year-old Myunique Johnson, and 27-year-old Taylor White were traveling back home from a girls' trip in Colorado. As they drove down Hwy 87, a tire on their Nissan Altima became flat and, according to attorney Sadi Antonmattei, they turned on the hazard lights and began to slow down.
An 18-wheeler carrying around 80,000 pounds of potatoes for H-E-B was traveling behind the Altima. Before the truck driver could react, he suddenly slammed into the Altima, completely destroying the car, killing all the women inside.
Now, the driver and his conditions are being investigated to find out whether it was negligence that led to this tragedy.
“What I do know is that they were slowing down, had their hazards on, and at that point they get rear-ended by a truck,” Antonmattei said.
All four women were killed, and now, the family is seeking justice and compensation. H-E-B, as well as LP, Parkway Transit, Inc., Scrappy Trucking, LLC, and the truck driver Guadalupe Villareal are all named as Defendants.
“One of the things we are going to be asking for is dash cam footage so we can get a better idea of whether he was unconscious, asleep, or just distracted and texting...anybody driving an 80,000‑pound truck should be aware of what is going on on the road,” attorney Rodney Jones, who represents the families of the women killed, said.
H-E-B has issued a statement:
“Our H-E-B Family is devastated by this tragic accident, which resulted in the loss of the young women involved. The incident involved a third-party vendor driver, not an H-E-B Partner. H-E-B and the contractor are fully cooperating with the investigation,” an H-E-B spokesperson.