BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The family of a former Alabama State Trooper who was killed in a wreck last year has sued two drivers involved in the crash.

Daryl Brown, who served as a trooper for 28 years before retiring in 2009, was killed on Aug. 8, 2024, when the 2012 Hyundai Accent he was driving was hit by a car reportedly driven by Daaron Michael Crooks along I-59 near the Fosters community. In that collision, Brown’s car was forced into another lane, where it was hit by a Freightliner tractor-trailer.

Brown, who had been serving as a security guard at the Tuscaloosa Federal Courthouse since his retirement, was pronounced dead at the scene.

In a lawsuit filed by Brown’s family, Crooks and Luis Rembert Garcia, the driver of the tractor-trailer, are accused of negligence and wrongful death.

Attorneys representing Brown’s family claim that Crooks was driving 107 miles per hour when he collided with Brown. They also claim Garcia was driving too closely to Brown at the time.

Crooks was recently indicted on manslaughter charges in Brown’s death.