US tornado victim’s family sues Amazon over warehouse collapse

An Amazon distribution center is heavily damaged after a strong thunderstorm moved through the area, Dec 10, 2021, in Edwardsville, Illinois. The family of a delivery driver who died last month when a tornado collapsed the central Illinois Amazon facility where he worked filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Jan 17, 2022 in Madison County. — AP

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois: The family of a delivery driver who died last month when a tornado collapsed the central Illinois Amazon facility where he worked filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday in Madison County.

The action on behalf of Austin McEwen, 26, claims that Amazon failed to warn employees of dangerous weather or provide safe shelter before a tornado slammed the Edwardsville facility Dec 10, killing McEwen and five others.