Nearly a year after a devastating crash in downtown Napa, the two women who were mowed down in a crosswalk by a Rolls-Royce are suing the elderly driver deemed responsible.

In a complaint filed Tuesday in Napa County Superior Court, the women accuse the driver, Robert Knox Thomas, of negligence at a minimum while contending that elements of road rage were at play in the Thanksgiving week crash that left them with grave physical injuries and emotional trauma.

“Defendant’s conduct was not the result of inattention, distraction, or mistake,” the complaint alleges. “It was the culmination of rage, aggression, and a deliberate disregard for human life. Witnesses described him as angry and aggressive, driving his Rolls-Royce as though it were an instrument of intimidation and power.”

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