Venus Williams Files Emergency Court Order Over Fatal Crash

Venus Williams isn't leaving anything to chance in the lawsuit she faces for her involvement in a car accident that proved deadly last month.

The tennis pro's legal team made an emergency filing Wednesday that relates to the inspection of Williams' 2010 Toyota Sequoia SUV, as well as the 2016 Hyundai Accent driven by Linda Barson, with which the Wimbledon winner collided in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., on June 9.

The motion seeks to prevent the inspection of, or downloading of data from either vehicle, E! Online reported.

Documents obtained by the website suggest that doing so could cause "critical evidence" to be lost or destroyed.

Williams' lawyers have requested that all inspection and data collection be postponed until court officials have provided a "procedure for the proper collection of all data." A hearing related to the accident has been set for Friday.

"The on-board data of both vehicles will be critical evidence," Williams' lawyers wrote. "Issues have been known to arise when a vehicle's data is downloaded. These issues included, but were not limited to, the unintended loss of the data. For that reason, no party should be allowed to inspect the vehicles until all Parties can be present with their experts and this Court issues a procedure for collecting the vehicles' data."

Jerome Barson, 78, succumbed to injuries sustained during the crash on June 22 -- two weeks after the accident. His estate filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Williams.

An accident report filed by Palm Beach Gardens Police who responded to the scene named Williams as the party at fault, according to CNN. The victim's family has alleged the tennis player's negligence behind the wheel was the root of the accident.

The report included the account of the collision provided by Linda Barson. She recalled approaching an intersection while traveling west in the righthand lane. Linda Barson said she slowed down as she approached a traffic light; when it turned green, she proceeded, at which time Williams' car cut her and husband Jerome Barson's vehicle off.

Williams recalled a much different scenario. She told police she was stopped in the median of the intersection due to congestion. The tennis player did not recall seeing the Hyundai Accent as she passed through the intersection.

"(Williams) is at fault for violating the right of way of (the Barsons)," the report read.

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