LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A Madison County family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a trucking company and one of their drivers after their 16-year-old son died in a crash on I-75.

Tristen Brown was killed in July after a Hills Trucking Company semi crashed into his family’s car. The lawsuit lists both the company and the driver, David Turner, as defendants.

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The lawsuit alleges Turner was distracted and didn’t brake until after the crash occurred.

Turner is also accused of failing to pay proper attention to traffic patterns and the roadway ahead of him.

Turner allegedly had a history of dangerous driving that Hills Trucking Company should have known about, according to the lawsuit.

The vehicle Turner was drivi

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