One of the victims injured when a bus crashed at Miami International Airport last weekend filed a lawsuit against the bus company and the driver.
The lawsuit filed in Miami-Dade on Thursday states that Miriam Machado was seriously injured when the bus crashed into an overpass at the arrivals terminal. Police said the driver was lost.
Machado was among 32 Jehovah's Witnesses heading to a convention in West Palm Beach. Two people were killed in the crash.
Attorneys representing Machado said she remains in the intensive care unit at Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center. Families members said she is in critical condition, and suffered serious injuries to her face, ribs, spine and spleen.
“This story is tragic and mind-boggling,” Stephen F. Rossman, who is representing Machado, said in a news release. “This is a clear case of driver inattentiveness. Issues of lack of qualifications, inadequacy of training and insufficient trip planning are common errors we see in these large commercial vehicle crashes.”
No charges have been filed against the driver. Investigators are trying to determine why he did not see the signs that warned him over the height of the overpass.
Three passengers remain in stable condition and one other is in critical condition at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Doctors there credited increased staffing at the Ryder Trauma Center with helping them save lives following the crash.