Savannah lawyers begin jury selection in vehicular homicide case
A 19 year old Bryan County teen will stand trial for three counts of vehicular homicide. Jury selection is set to begin this morning.
The Savannah Morning News has the story.
Tam Duc Le also faces two counts of reckless driving, one count of failure to maintain lane, and one count of driving too fast for conditions. Prosecutors allege that his actions on March 12, 2007 led to the deaths of thee teenage girls. Two of the girls were sisters.
The Bryan County Sheriff’s Office reported that Le was driving his 1998 Chevrolet Cavalier on Ga. 119 when he lost control. The car crossed over the center line after going around a sharp curve and struck a Ford F-250 pickup head-on. The three teenage girls were in his car and died at the scene of the accident. The four teens were all students at Bryan County High School which was only two miles from the accident.
Le spent five weeks in a coma and was arrested in September 2007. He has since entered a not guilty plea and is set to stand trial April 23. Le faces 15 years in prison for each of the first-degree vehicular homicide charges.
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