United Kingdom, Sept. 5 -- Angie Stone's children have filed a lawsuit over the crash which claimed her life earlier this year.

The soul star died at the age of 63 after the van she was travelling in on her way home from a show was involved in an accident in Alabama and now her kids, Diamond Stone and Michael D'Angelo Archer, have filed a lawsuit in Atlanta claiming their mother survived the initial crash when the van flipped over but she was thrown from the vehicle as she was trying to escape when an 18-wheeler carrying a load of sugar slammed into it.

The lawsuit - which names trucking company CSRT and truck manufacturer Daimler Truck North America - states passersby were helping pull people from the van after the initial accident, bu...