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A jury in the U.S. has awarded the surviving family of a soldier, his wife and young child killed in a 2015 crash in South Carolina with a $17 million U.S. payment in an accident lawsuit.

Jeremiah Cross, 34, Crystal Cross, 32, and seven-month old Graysen Cross were all killed in a crash that involved five vehicles. Cross was a private with 2 Service Battalion stationed at Garrison Petawawa.

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The Cross family was in their 2008 Honda SUV, which was in slowed traffic due to road construction. It was struck by an 18-wheeler traveling at 113 km/hr (70 miles per hour), the jury heard during the lawsuit. The family was returning from a trip to Disney World in Florida.

The tractor-trailer smashed into several other vehicles before finally coming to a stop, also killing a Johnstown, Pennsylvania couple and bringing the death toll to five.

The driver of the 18-wheeler, XPO Logistics, Inc., and XPO Express, Inc., were all named as defendants in the lawsuit.