Dump truck driver’s widow recordsdata lawsuit for harmful prepare crossing that she claims value him his life
The widow of a trucker killed by a prepare in Missouri final 12 months has filed a lawsuit in opposition to BNSF for the accident.
Erin Barton sued the prepare observe proprietor, BNSF in July 2022 for the crash that occurred in June 2022.
Based on ABC 17, Barton alleges that her husband, dump truck driver Billy Barton II, died within the accident because of the steep incline, lack of warning gadgets, and poor visibility because of the angle and overgrown brush.
The prepare crashed into the truck at 87 mph. Three passengers within the prepare have been additionally killed within the crash, and 150 individuals have been injured.
The wrongful loss of life lawsuit has been scheduled for a two week trial beginning October twenty eighth, 2024.
