Indiana family sues Amazon after 2025 crash that seriously injured 16-year-old boy
<p>All 17-year-old Lucas Bradshaw wants is to get back on the baseball field.</p><p>But a crash last year left the high school student with severe brain injuries, putting his dreams on hold and beginning a long road to recovery.</p><p>Lucas Bradshaw, who was 16 at the time, was traveling with his team to a baseball game on May 8, 2025, when their bus was struck by a box truck driven by Shawn Akison, 42, who was traveling at 73 mph and under the influence of fentanyl in LaPorte County, Indiana.</p><p>Akison, of Romeoville, was making Amazon deliveries at the time of the crash and was sentenced to eight years in prison. Akison pleaded guilty to causing catastrophic injury when operating a motor vehicle while under the influence and causing serious bodily harm while operating a motor vehicle under the influence, officials said.
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<p>All 17-year-old Lucas Bradshaw wants is to get back on the baseball field.</p><p>But a crash last year left the high school student with severe brain injuries, putting his dreams on hold and beginning a long road to recovery.</p><p>Lucas Bradshaw, who was 16 at the time, was traveling with his team to a baseball game on May 8, 2025, when their bus was struck by a box truck driven by Shawn Akison, 42, who was traveling at 73 mph and under the influence of fentanyl in LaPorte County, Indiana.</p><p>Akison, of Romeoville, was making Amazon deliveries at the time of the crash and was sentenced to eight years in prison. Akison pleaded guilty to causing catastrophic injury when operating a motor vehicle while under the influence and causing serious bodily harm while operating a motor vehicle under the influence, officials said. </p><p>But Bradshaw's family says the driver wasn't the only one responsible and is seeking to hold others accountable.</p><p>A civil lawsuit, filed last week in LaPorte County Superior Court, is accusing Amazon and other defendants of negligence for failing to remove Akison – who allegedly had a history of reckless driving and drug use – as a driver.</p><p>“This isn’t just Luca’s story, this is about everybody,” Bradley Bradshaw, Lucas’ father, said Thursday morning at a news conference at a Loop law firm. “If these are controllable things that don't need to happen, let's make some changes.”</p><p>Bradley Bradshaw, a volunteer coach, was driving the bus the day of the crash.
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- <p>All 17-year-old Lucas Bradshaw wants is to get back on the baseball field.</p><p>But a crash last year left the high school student with severe brain injuries, putting his dreams on hold and beginning a long road to recovery.</p><p>Lucas Bradshaw, who was 16 at the time, was traveling with his team to a baseball game on May 8, 2025, when their bus was struck by a box truck driven by Shawn Akison, 42, who was traveling at 73 mph and under the influence of fentanyl in LaPorte County, Indiana.</p><p>Akison, of Romeoville, was making Amazon deliveries at the time of the crash and was sentenced to eight years in prison. Akison pleaded guilty to causing catastrophic injury when operating a motor vehicle while under the influence and causing serious bodily harm while operating a motor vehicle under the influence, officials said.
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