The families of four young women from the Houston area have filed a lawsuit following the release of new video footage showing the moments leading up to a deadly crash on a Texas highway that claimed all their lives.
Lakeesha Brown, Brianna Brantley, Myunique Johnson, and Taylor White were returning from a girls’ trip to Colorado on Nov. 5, 2025, when their vehicle suffered a flat tire on Highway 87, about 10 miles south of Dalhart in the Texas Panhandle.
Video recorded from another vehicle shows the women slowing down in the right lane and activating their hazard lights as they attempted to manage the situation.
Moments later, an 18-wheeler hauling merchandise for Texas-based grocery chain H-E-B slammed into their car from behind, killing all four women instantly.
Attorney Rodney Jones, who represents the families of Brown and Brantley, described the crash as “clearly preventable,” arguing that the truck driver had ample time to slow down or stop.
“It leads me to believe that this driver was clearly distracted, grossly negligent. He had ample time,” Jones said.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), the truck driver, Guadalupe Villareal, failed to control his speed. Villareal is named as a defendant in the lawsuit, along with Parkway Transit, Inc., Scrappy Trucking LLC, and H-E-B. DPS confirmed that Villareal was transporting H-E-B merchandise at the time of the crash.
The lawsuit alleges negligence and seeks accountability from all parties involved in the transportation chain. Jones said the families’ primary goal is justice for their loved ones and systemic changes to prevent similar tragedies.
In a statement, H-E-B said the crash involved a third-party vendor driver, not an H-E-B employee, stating that the driver was not a company partner.
Despite the release of the video and the filing of the lawsuit, DPS officials said Villareal has not been criminally charged, and the investigation into the crash remains ongoing.
