AUSTIN, Texas (KXXV) — Families of seven victims who died in a July 4 flash flood at a Texas summer camp have filed a lawsuit alleging gross negligence by Camp Mystic and its owners.

The lawsuit, filed in Travis County District Court, seeks accountability for the deaths of 27 people during what attorneys called an "entirely preventable tragedy" at the camp along the Guadalupe River.

The plaintiffs include the parents of five campers and two counselors who died in the flooding. Camp Mystic is located in a region known as "Flash Flood Alley," according to the petition.

The lawsuit alleges the camp failed to adopt required evacuation plans, ignored weather warnings and implemented unsafe policies. Attorneys claim camp leadership ordered campers to remain in cabins as floodwaters rose and d

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