Parents of High School Grad Killed In I-75 Wreck File Lawsuit
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) - The parents of a Miramar teen killed in a tragic accident on I-75 have filed a lawsuit.
"It was an unfair death. An injustice. She was so full of life. She have a scholarship," Aris Lopez said before breaking down into tears as she spoke with reporters Wednesday afternoon. "I'm gonna be crying my whole life for her."
Her daughter, 17-year old Liza Angulo, was killed in this violent crash on I-75 near Pines Boulevard just over a week ago. It involved two tractor trailers, another car and a heavy cargo load of concrete barricades which fell onto Liza's car - killing her. Her BMW was a graduation gift.
"She did everything right. She did everything right. And this was not supposed to happen to her," said Lopez.
Liza's parents have filed a lawsuit against the Double B Line trucking company and their driver.
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"That's why my daughter is dead. Because he's a careless person," Lopez said of the driver.
"We want to make sure that it doesn't happen again to another family, it's too hard. It's very difficult," added Liza's father Miguel Angulo.
Attorney Carlos Silva says FDOT is on notice and the parents have also sued Ranger Construction which was in charge of the I-75 Express Lane project.
"On this particular day these lanes were not blocked and at 11:30 at night, imagine that, this tractor trailer slowly comes out at 4 miles an hour," he said while showing reporters an aerial picture of the crash site.
Also named in the suit is the driver of a second tractor trailer who became involved in the wreck as well as his employer though the Florida Highway Patrol has said that the second truck did not cause Liza's death. They have not made any arrests.
"I owe this to her to make justice because she was a good kid," said Lopez.
The parents are forced to accept the sheer shortness of their daughter's life. Every day they look for peace.
"I understood she already completed her circle of life. Life is like a circle. Sometimes it takes people 80 years, 20, 50, I don't know how long but she completed her circle in 17 years and that made me feel a little bit better, but it's not fair," said Angulo through tears, his voice cracking.
Liza's parents told CBS4's Natalia Zea that their daughter had been looking forward to becoming an aunt soon. And though their grandchild is about to be born, they've chosen not to be there for the birth, saying their grief would take away from that happy moment.
Zea reached out to the companies named in the lawsuit for comment, but has not heard back.
