YPSILANTI, MI -- A driver who struck a fire truck in a May fatal crash has filed a lawsuit claiming the truck's emergency lights weren't on at the time. Charles Horn and Amanda Holloway filed the suit July 27 in the Washtenaw County Trial Court against Ypsilanti and an unnamed firefighter who was operating the truck that night.
Charles Horn and Amanda Holloway filed the suit July 27 in the Washtenaw County Trial Court against Ypsilanti and an unnamed firefighter who was operating the truck that night.
The plaintiffs' daughter was a passenger in the vehicle, as was her friend, 15-year-old Christina Snyder, who was killed in the crash.
Snyder is not part of the lawsuit and is not mentioned in it.
Firefighters were responding to a rollover crash on westbound I-94 near Grove Street on May 31 when Horn's vehicle struck the fire truck around 11 p.m. The truck was positioned to block a lane and protect the first responders, according to police and fire officials.
The lawsuit claims the fire truck's lights weren't on and that the city and its firefighter were negligent.