'He Fell Face-First': Family Sues Allegiant Air After Disabled Man's Fatal Boarding Fall

Hunter Adkins, 24, died after a wheelchair fall while boarding a flight, with a lawsuit alleging rushed procedures and safety failures by Allegiant Air. (Credit: Tomás Del Coro/Wikimedia Commons)

KEY POINTS

• Hunter Adkins, 24, dies after fall during rushed airline boarding process
• Lawsuit alleges missing safety straps and lack of trained staff
• Family seeks accountability and change in disability travel protections

Hunter Adkins, 24, who lived with muscular dystrophy, died after falling from a wheelchair while being assisted onto an Allegiant Air flight in West Virginia, a sequence of events his family now argues was as avoidable as it was devastating.