Verified sources.
Clear updates.
The widow of the driver of the van struck by an Amazon cargo plane at Miami International Airport has filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging negligence against several companies and the pilots. Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, 53, was driving a van on Sunday for the cleaning company he worked for when the Boeing 767 ran off the runway and struck his vehicle and another one, killing him and four others. His widow, Yaraisi Santiso Morejon, who also represents Rodriguez’s estate in the lawsuit, alleges that negligence contributed to her husband’s death and that the incident was avoidable. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday morning in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, lists the defendants as Amazon.com Inc.; Amazon Air Cargo; 21 Air; Avia Acquisition; Avia Investments; Andromeda Leasing II; Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.; Titan Aviation Leasing Limited; Joseph Carroll and Jamie Felipe Silva Molina The incident was “a very preventable tragedy,” Mike Morgan, of Morgan & Morgan and one of Morejon’s attorneys, said at a briefing Wednesday.
Missing media or need the complete publisher report? Open Miami Herald
Media link supplied by the Scoop Newsroom app.
The text below was supplied by the Scoop Newsroom app. Third-party reporting is attributed in the source panel.
Flight data shows the pilots never engaged the plane’s reverse thrusters, according to investigators looking into the crash. “What that tells us is that there was not a lot of cohesive strategy,” said Morgan.
Breaking news moves fast. Follow @Will466513 on X for breaking news alerts. Follow on X →
Dated changes to this report are shown here as they are published.
Removed by Scoop Timeline eligibility policy
The widow of the driver of the van struck by an Amazon cargo plane at Miami International Airport has filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging negligence against several companies and the pilots. Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, 53, was driving a van on Sunday for the cleaning company he worked for when the Boeing 767 ran off the runway and struck his vehicle and another one, killing him and four others. His widow, Yaraisi Santiso Morejon, who also represents Rodriguez’s estate in the lawsuit, alleges that negligence contributed to her husband’s death and that the incident was avoidable. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday morning in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, lists the defendants as Amazon.com Inc.; Amazon Air Cargo; 21 Air; Avia Acquisition; Avia Investments; Andromeda Leasing II; Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.; Titan Aviation Leasing Limited; Joseph Carroll and Jamie Felipe Silva Molina The incident was “a very preventable tragedy,” Mike Morgan, of Morgan & Morgan and one of Morejon’s attorneys, said at a briefing Wednesday.
Removed by Scoop Timeline eligibility policy
