A safety investigation surrounding a recent drowsy driving crash in Texas has revealed some dubious details regarding the trucking company involved in the accident. 

The National Transportation Safety Board and the Texas Department of Public Safety have opened an investigation into the pile-up crash on Interstate 20 in Terrall, Texas that left five people dead. The truck driver in the incident, 27-year-old Alexis Osmani Gonzalez-Companioni is currently being held on $1.5 million bond for the accident after allegedly falling asleep at the wheel. 

Accoridng to CBS, Gonzalez-Companioni was driving for Hope Trans LLC at the time of the crash. The company has been in operation since 2021, employs 80 drivers, and operates 65 trucks, according to the FMCSA. In the last year, 5% of the company’s drivers that underwent inspection were placed out of service, and nearly 34% of their trucks were placed out of service in the same timeframe. The national averages for drivers and trucks placed out of service 6.67% and 22.26%, respectively. In the past two years, Hope Trans LLC has been involved in three crashes resulting in injuries, but nont were fatal until the I-20 accident. 

Despite seemingly reasonable inspection rates, the investigation has revealed other dubious details regarding ownership and business address. WFAA reports that the Orlando address listed was recently changed from a Tacoma, Washington address, which was linked to a co-working space. It is unclear whether Hope Trans actually maintained an office at that address. 

In addition to potential FMCSA violations related to company address, the listed owner of Hope Trans did not respond to requests for comment by news outlets and deleted her LinkedIn. The owner, Aishat Magomedova, reportedly once owned Fiorito Trucking, which is no longer authorized to operate as an interstate carrier. Fiorito Trucking’s listed address was linked back to a church building that is also used as an event venue. 

Gov. Greg Abbott has since publicly instructed the Texas DPS to expand its investigation into the accident.