The father of Megan Gross, a Warrenton High School senior killed in a 2018 car crash, has settled a wrongful death lawsuit against the two drivers involved in the crash.

Megan died Sept. 17, 2018, when the pickup truck she was riding in crashed into a tractor-trailer on Veterans Memorial Parkway in Warrenton. She and the driver of the pickup, fellow senior Max Wipfler, were on their way to school.

A Missouri State Highway Patrol investigation showed the crash occurred when Wipfler attempted to pass the tractor-trailer at the same time that the tractor-trailer was turning left into a private driveway. Megan was pronounced dead at the scene, while Wipfler was taken to the hospital with moderate injuries.

In April 2019, Daniel Gross, Megan’s father, sued Wipfler, along with the driver of the tractor-trailer, Daniel Roark of Jonesburg, and tractor-trailer owner Express Lease LLC. Daniel Gross alleged that negligent driving on the part of Wipfler and Roark led to his daughter’s death. Gross had sought a jury trial to levee a steep monetary penalty against the defendants.

Among other accusations, the lawsuit alleges that Wipfler was driving in an unsafe manner when he attempted to pass the tractor-trailer, and that Roark allegedly did not signal and failed to spot the pickup truck passing his vehicle on the left.

The parties settled the lawsuit out of court late last month for an undisclosed amount of money. Details of the settlement are not public record.

Warren County Presiding Judge Jason Lamb ordered the lawsuit to be dismissed April 27 as a result of the settlement.

In his order dismissing the case, Lamb clarified that the settlement will permanently resolve the wrongful death claim against the defendants. The order also approves for a portion of the settlement to be paid to Gross’s attorneys.

Megan’s mother, Carma Gross, is listed with her husband as a co-beneficiary to the settlement.