An attorney representing the family of a student killed in Tuesday morning's HISD bus crash says they plan to file a wrongful death lawsuit against both drivers involved in the accident. The attorney says the family also may sue other parties, including the manufacturer of the guardrail.
Mariya Johnson was one of two teens killed when an HISD bus fell off a 610 overpass and landed on Telephone Road below. Johnson died at the scene and 14-year-old Janecia Chatman was pronounced dead at Memorial Hermann Hospital. Two other students -- 17-year-olds Brandon and Lakeshia Williams -- were injured in the crash, as was the bus driver, 45-year-old Louisa Pacheco.
"We believe the accident was preventable, and we intend to pursue a wrongful death action against both drivers involved, against possibly the manufacturer of the guardrail that didn't work correctly and to investigate HISD's role in all of this -- their hiring practice, training, retention, maintenance of vehicles," the family attorney,Peyman Momeni, said during a Tuesday night press conference.
The family attorney says the Johnsons didn't learn about their daughter's death for at least two hours and played an audio recording of the generic message left on the father's voice mail. He also said Johnson's mother found out about her daughter's death through her husband.
"She was a mama's baby and a daddy's girl, my biggest critic and my biggest fan," her mother, Melody Johnson, said.
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like "just a regular day."
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