Tornado victim's family sues Amazon over warehouse collapse

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The household of a transportation operator who died past period erstwhile a tornado collapsed the Amazon warehouse successful cardinal Illinois wherever helium worked has filed a wrongful decease lawsuit.

The enactment Monday connected behalf of 26-year-old Austin McEwen claims that Amazon failed to pass employees of unsafe upwind oregon supply harmless structure earlier a tornado slammed the Edwardsville installation Dec. 10, sidesplitting McEwen and 5 others.

McEwen’s parents, Randy and Alice McEwen, allege that Amazon administrators knew terrible upwind was imminent but had nary exigency program nor evacuated employees from the fulfillment center.

“Sadly, it appears that Amazon placed profits archetypal during this vacation play alternatively of the information of our lad and the different five,” Alice McEwen said astatine a quality league Monday.

The Associated Press reports that the suit seeks $50,000 from each of the 4 defendants named successful the suit, including Amazon, the operation institution that built the installation and the developer of the project.

Last month, workers astatine a candle mill successful Mayfield, Kentucky, sued the facility's owners, alleging that absorption threatened employees who near enactment during the tornadoes with termination.