NOTE: Video attached to this story is from FOX 2's April 2023 coverage of the crash now at the center of the lawsuit.

LINCOLN COUNTY, Mo. - The family of a woman killed in a 2023 crash in Lincoln County has filed a wrongful death lawsuit, alleging that sheriff's deputies knowingly allowed intoxicated teenagers to drive away from a house party shortly before the fatal collision.

Attorneys for Thomas and Jennifer Neldon filed the lawsuit Tuesday in the Lincoln County Circuit Court on behalf of their daughter Rachel "Grace" Neldon. She and three teenagers died in a crash on Highway 79 in Lincoln County on April 29, 2023.

The lawsuit names the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, along with deputies A. Ryan and J. Williams, Sgt. Joseph Kenney, and Lt. Eric Redman. The suit also targets three ad

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