Savannah lawyer to request bond in vehicular homicide case
A single-car wreck near Savannah Georgia left a 9-year-old boy dead this past weekend. The driver, James Malcolm Bell, has been charged with vehicular homicide, DUI, and reckless driving.
The Savannah Morning News has the story.
Police reported that Bell, 23, was driving a 1998 Corvette when it skidded off a road and crashed into one or more trees before becoming partly submerged. The vehicle, which only had two seats, was carrying four people at the time of the accident. None of the occupants were wearing seatbelts. The 9-year-old passenger was unresponsive at the scene and pronounced dead at Memorial University Medical center.
Bell turned himself into authorities earlier this week after being released from the hospital on Sunday evening.
His defense lawyer will likely attempt to convince a judge to release him on bond sometime this week. Under Georgia law, vehicular homicide in the first degree is a felony and carries with it a sentence of between three and 15 years. Homicide by vehicle in the second degree is a misdemeanor.
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