The lawsuit says "calculated and reckless practices" directly led to the crash that killed five people in late June.
DALLAS — A new wrongful death lawsuit blames Hope Trans for a deadly June 28 I-20 pileup, citing whistleblower accounts first reported by WFAA that the company falsified driver logs and backdated shipping records.
The whistleblower accounts also accuse Hope Trans of instructing truckers to hide paperwork from police while sending exhausted solo drivers on long-haul routes that broke federal safety rules.
The suit, filed in Dallas County on behalf of the family of Nicole LaJeunesse Gregory, accuses Hope Trans, its owner Aishat Magomedova and broker Covenant Logistics of putting profit ahead of safety by assigning a solo driver to a U.S. Postal Service run that federal rules required to have two operators.
Postal Service policy mandates two drivers in the cab for trips longer than 500 miles. Records show the truck involved in the June 28 crash carried only one.
“This case is about risks ignored at every level…,” the lawsuit said. “By exposing these egregious violations and reckless choices, Plaintiffs aim to prevent future tragedies and advocate for safer practices throughout the trucking industry.”
The lawsuit recounts how the chain-reaction crash began when an unlicensed driver in a Ford F-250 towing an unregistered trailer caused a wreck that blocked traffic near Terrell. More than an hour later, Hope Trans driver Alexis Osmani Gonzalez Companioni plowed...
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