Former NASA astronaut sued for wrongful deaths after killing two in DUI crash

Former NASA astronaut James Halsell is at the center of a wrongful-death lawsuit that was filed Tuesday in state and federal courts for his alleged involvement in a car crash in Alabama earlier this month. Halsell, 58, is already facing charges of reckless murder for the DUI accident June 6.

Latrice Parler of San Antonio, Texas, has sued the space shuttle commander in federal court for wrongful death and negligence for the deaths of Niomi James, 11, and Jayla Parker, 13. Parler has also asked the rental company that owned the vehicle the suspect had been driving for compensation for her losses.