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Just months after R&B singer Angie Stone was killed in an early morning crash on an Alabama interstate<\/a>, her family has filed a lawsuit seeking damages from a trucking company, truck manufacturer and others, according to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n The driver of the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van \u2014 in which the 63-year-old singer, her bandmates, and entourage were passengers \u2014 lost control of the vehicle, and when he tried to steer back onto the highway, the vehicle flipped over, the lawsuit states, according to AP.<\/p>\n The suit, filed on Sept. 2 in an Atlanta, Georgia, state court, provides details on how Stone died in the March 1, 2025, crash. <\/p>\n Stone and the other occupants survived the pre-dawn rollover crash, and passersby helped five of the nine occupants crawl out of the overturned van<\/a>, according to People. Stone was attempting to exit the wreck when an 18-wheeler carrying a load of sugar with a failed safety system slammed into the van, AP reported.<\/p>\n Stone was ejected from the vehicle and pinned under the van, where she died, according to the lawsuit. Sheila Hopkins, a relative of Stone\u2019s, was also still inside the van and suffered injuries, the lawsuit states.<\/p>\n Stone \u201cremained trapped underneath the van, where she consciously suffered until she ultimately succumbed to the fatal injuries she sustained in the collision and died,\u201d according to People.<\/p>\n She was a Grammy-nominated R&B singer<\/a> and member of the all-female hip-hop trio The Sequence, one of the first female groups to record a rap song. She was known for the hit song \u201cWish I Didn\u2019t Miss You,\u201d and flourished in the early 2000s as neo-soul began to dominate R&B. <\/p>\n She was on her way back to her Atlanta-area home after a performance at a Mardi Gras ball in Mobile, Alabama, according to People.<\/p>\n Related video: Lawsuit says Angie Stone was trying to escape a disabled van when a truck with failed safety system crashed into it (WXIA-TV Atlanta)<\/a> <\/p>\n Hopkins and Stone\u2019s two children, Diamond Stone and Michael D\u2019Angelo Archer, filed the lawsuit. They\u2019re suing the van driver, the truck driver, the man and companies who owned the van, the trucking company and the maker of the 18-wheel truck. <\/p>\n The suit claims that the truck\u2019s collision avoidance system was faulty and failed to detect the van lying stationary in one lane of the interstate. The suit also claims that the truck driver was listening to music on headphones, wasn\u2019t paying attention and never braked before slamming into the van at nearly 70 mph, according to AP.<\/p>\n Neither trucking company CSRT of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, or truck manufacturer Daimler Truck North America of Portland, Oregon, immediately responded to emails from AP seeking comment Thursday.<\/p>\n In an Instagram post before the crash, Stone, who was born in Columbia, South Carolina, had told fans she was excited about upcoming events and \u201cgetting back in the mix.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cA lot of stuff is going on that I don\u2019t want to just let out of the bag just yet,\u201d she said. \u201cBut you can see that there\u2019s a big grin on my face.\u201d<\/p>\n The singer-songwriter created hits like \u201cNo More Rain (In This Cloud)\u201d<\/a> which reached No. 1 for 10 weeks on Billboard\u2019s Adult R&B airplay chart; \u201cBaby\u201d with legendary soul singer Betty Wright, another No. 1 hit; and \u201cWish I Didn\u2019t Miss You\u201d and \u201cBrotha.\u201d Her 2001 album \u201cMahogany Soul\u201d reached No. 22 on the Billboard 200, while 2007\u2019s \u201cThe Art of Love & War\u201d peaked at No. 11.<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. 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