The suit claims the man shouldn't have been driving because he felt lightheaded and nauseous.
A driver who struck and killed a woman in Oregon was nauseous and lightheaded because of his diet and should be held responsible for her death, a new lawsuit claims.
The suit was filed Thursday on behalf of the estate of Susan Matthies, who was 68-years-old when she died in September 2017 in Dallas, Oregon, a small city outside Salem. The suit is seeking $3.6 million in damages for her death from the driver, Robert Morgan, according to a complaintMorgan was driving a truck in the parking lot of a grocery store on Sept. 21, 2017 when he apparently lost control.
According to the complaint, Morgan shouldn't have been driving at the time of the crash. He was on the"Defendant Morgan was feeling nauseous and lightheaded," the complaint said."Defendant Morgan continued to drive his vehicle home while feeling nauseous and lightheaded." Morgan should have known the risk he posed on the road in his condition, the complaint added, and that made him responsible for Matthies' death.Claudia Koerner is a reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in Los Angeles.
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