Rockledge,FL : Lawsuit blames tire distributor in crash that killed, injured Rock Hill football team members on October, Monday 16th 2017

A new lawsuit, filed by injured survivors of a 2016 Rock Hill football team bus crash, alleges a defective tire, distributed by a company in Ohio, caused the crash that left four dead and more than 40 injured.

The new lawsuit, filed recently in Chester County by members of Ramah Juco Academy football team, alleges negligence and product liability against Tyres International Inc. Tyres International is identified in the lawsuit as an Ohio company that distributed the tire made by Hanzhou Zhongce Rubber Company of China.

The tire “was defective which caused the tread to come off the tire,” the lawsuit claims. Tyres was negligent by distributing a tire with a “defect” that caused the crash, the suit alleges.

The Herald reported in August that the insurance company for Sandy River Baptist Church, which owned the bus, settled a lawsuit for $2 million after federal and state officials said the bus was not properly registered for commercial use and was not properly inspected or maintained.


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Lawsuit blames tire distributor in crash that killed, injured Rock Hill football team members