Angie Stone's Family Files Lawsuit After Deadly Highway Collision

Angie Stone poses as she walks down the red carpet during the 2009 Soul Train Awards taping at the Georgia World Congress Center, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Gregory Smith, File)

Soul singer Angie Stone's children have filed a lawsuit against the drivers of a trucking company and the truck manufacturer. The lawsuit is alleging the company and truck manufacturer are responsible for their mother's death that happened in March of this year.

The singer passed away at the age of 63 as a result of a collision in Alabama shortly after a performance, according to TMZ. According to WSBTV, Diamond Stone and Michael D’Angelo Archer filed the lawsuit on Tuesday, September 2 in a Georgia state court in the Atlanta suburb of Lawrenceville.

The lawsuit claims the defendant, Jared S. Wilkerson, was “driving fast” on the I-65 North to “deliver a load of sugar to Forest Park, Georgia.” It also states, Wilkerson was listening to music while driving with a pair of headphones.

The lawsuit claims the deadly chain of events began when the driver of Angie Stone’s Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van “lost control of the vehicle and when he tried to steer it back onto the highway, it flipped over,” leaving Stone, her bandmates, and entourage trapped inside.

However, the suit alleges that Stone was alive after the van overturned, and the tractor-trailer driven by Wilkinson then crashed into the van causing her death. Stone's family is seeking a trial by jury and for the trucking company to pay for hospital bills, funeral expenses, attorney fees, and other damages "recoverable by law."

"We extend our sincere condolences to the victims of this incident and their families during this difficult time," Daimler Truck North America tells PEOPLE in a statement. "We cannot comment on pending litigation at this time."