Families of 10 killed in Okla. turnpike accident sue truck driver, employer, 5 others

Kin of Okla. turnpike accident victims sue driver

NORMAN, Okla. — Family members of the 10 people killed when a tractor-trailer slammed into stopped cars on a northeastern Oklahoma turnpike have sued the truck’s driver and his employer.

A lawsuit filed in Cleveland County District Court names Donald L. Creed of Willard, Mo.; Kansas City, Kan.-based Associated Wholesale Grocers; two insurers; a trucking company; and two other individuals as defendants.

Neither the attorney for the 76-year-old Creed nor Steve Dillard, AWG vice president for corporate sales, could be reached for comment Tuesday.

The plaintiffs seek compensatory and punitive damages in excess of $10,000.

The lawsuit was filed Sept. 28.

Creed is charged with 10 misdemeanor counts of negligent homicide in the June 26 accident on the Will Rogers Turnpike in Ottawa County.