DALLAS — A new wrongful death lawsuit blames Hope Trans for a deadly June 28 I-20 pileup , citing whistleblower accounts first reported by WFAA that the company falsified driver logs and backdated shipping records.

The whistleblower accounts also accuse Hope Trans of instructing truckers to hide paperwork from police while sending exhausted solo drivers on long-haul routes that broke federal safety rules.

The suit, filed in Dallas County on behalf of the family of Nicole LaJeunesse Gregory, accuses Hope Trans, its owner Aishat Magomedova and broker Covenant Logistics of putting profit ahead of safety by assigning a solo driver to a U.S. Postal Service run that federal rules required to have two operators.

Postal Service policy mandates two drivers in the cab for trips longer than 50

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