Parents of teen killed in truck crash sue driver, company

The tractor-trailer driver involved in this crash into the Chicago Transit Authority was issued a traffic ticket, but not criminal chages.

The Associated Press

5/5/2008

CHICAGO — The family of a teenager killed when a tractor-trailer crashed into a Chicago Transit Authority train station has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.

The parents of 18-year-old Delisia Brown sued the truck driver and his company May 2.

They claim in the lawsuit that 64-year-old Donald Wells was speeding, ran a red light and didn't use his horn to signal before he crashed.

Brown, a high school student, died at the scene of the crash during the afternoon rush hour on April 25th. Another woman was killed and 21 others were injured.

Wells, of Metamora, Michigan, received a traffic ticket, but has not been criminally charged.