MIAMI, Fla. (CBS12) — A survivor of the deadly Amazon plane crash in Miami has officially filed a lawsuit against Amazon and the pilots of the vessel, according to a report from the Miami Herald.
The report says that Roosevelt Sebastain Perdomo Torres, 27, was one of seven people in the van that was hit by the plane after it overshot the runway at Miami International Airport.
Perdomo Torres was one of just two survivors in that van, and he remains in the intensive-care unit at Jackson Memorial Hospital, according to the Miami Herald. He was ejected from the van on impact, and broke his leg, ankle, and hand.
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Friday, attorneys filed a negligence lawsuit on his behalf against 21 Air, Amazon, and the plane’s pilots.
This is now the third lawsuit to be filed in connection with the collision, according to the Miami Herald. The widow of Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, who was driving the van, and the sons of Julio Pineda, have also filed lawsuits.