GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Grammy-nominated R&B star Angie Stone had survived a van rollover and was attempting to get out when a tractor-trailer struck the disabled vehicle at full speed, according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed by her family in Gwinnett County.

The deadly incident happened on March 1 when the singer, her bandmates, and family were traveling in a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van from a show in Mobile, Alabama, back to Atlanta.

According to the lawsuit, the driver lost control of the van, causing it to veer off the roadway and eventually overturn on I-65 in Montgomery County, Alabama, coming to a rest in the left lane.

Passengers survived the initial rollover and were trying to get out of the van. The lawsuit stated that minutes later, a CRST tractor-trailer crashed into the

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