Lawsuit filed by Angie Stone's family after deadly van accident

Singer Angie Stone's family has taken legal action by filing a wrongful death lawsuit following her tragic passing in a Sprinter van accident earlier this year while returning from a concert in Alabama to Atlanta. The lawsuit, as reported by the Associated Press, includes allegations against the van driver, the transportation company, and the trucking firm involved. It claims that the truck's collision avoidance system did not work properly and that the driver was distracted by wearing headphones. Stone's children, Diamond Stone and Michael D'Angelo Archer, are the ones who filed the lawsuit. The legal document mentions how some individuals were rescued by bystanders before the van was struck by a tractor-trailer carrying sugar. Unfortunately, Stone was unable to escape in time and was ejected from the vehicle, resulting in her tragic passing. The lawsuit further argues that the truck driver was not paying attention to the road and that the vehicle's collision-avoidance system had a malfunction. Angie Stone was a versatile artist known for her work as a singer-songwriter, rapper, actress, and record producer. Her career flourished from her time with The Sequence in 1979 to her later ventures in TV, film, and Broadway. She also received several awards during her career, including two Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards and a place in the Women Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2024.