Angeline Dowdian, 22, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against truck driver Harjinder Singh, White Hawk Carriers, and freight broker C.H. Robinson following an August 12, 2025 crash on Florida Turnpike in St. Lucie County. The collision killed Angeline's mother Faniola Joseph, 37, along with Herby Dufresne, 30, and Rodrigue Dor, 54. The three victims were traveling in a minivan when it became wedged underneath a semi-truck after Singh allegedly attempted an illegal U-turn in a clearly marked no U-turn zone.
Angeline lived in another country at the time of the crash and had not seen her mother in six years, though they spoke daily via video calls. On the day of the crash, she missed a call from her mother. "She sent me a voice message. She said, 'Angeline, where are you?' This is the first message I go to every morning," Angeline said through tears. She described her mother as both a parent and sole family support. "She was my mother, my father... the only one in my family. I'm living all alone now," she said. Visa restrictions have prevented her from visiting her mother's grave. Joseph had hoped Angeline would become a nurse and would have turned 38 on May 26, 2026.
Attorney Dax Bello of Stuart law firm Tillman, Fox, Bianchi & Kane represents Angeline, with co-counsel Mark Brumer of Brumer & Brumer. The lawsuit alleges that C.H. Robinson knowingly gave business to White Hawk Carriers despite serious safety violations in its record. Transportation expert James Lewis has described White Hawk's violations as "very egregious." Bello argues the case is supported by a May 14 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Montgomery v. Caribbean Transport, which clarified that federal law does not shield freight brokers from state negligence claims when unsafe drivers are placed on the road. That same broker was involved in the Supreme Court case. "This is not an accident, it's a predictable end," Bello said. He emphasized that brokers and carriers have a responsibility to vet safety records before placing drivers on the road.
White Hawk Carriers has since shut down, though Bello warns the company may reopen under another name, a common industry practice. Singh faces criminal traffic homicide charges in Florida. Bello, a former homicide prosecutor, is helping Angeline navigate both civil and criminal cases under Marsy's Law, which gives victims' families rights to be heard in criminal proceedings. Angeline said no legal victory will undo her pain. "I don't want nobody suffer like me," she said. "Loss of a mother makes you suffer in a way you want to kill yourself, because my mother was everything to me."