A truck driver from Louisiana who was
criminally charged in a fiery accident that he caused on a Georgia Interstate
which claimed the lives of five coeds has pleaded guilty to his charges and
received his sentencing, as reported by The Augusta Chronicle.
The 59 year old truck driver, John Wayne
Johnson, was charged with and has now been convicted of five counts of first
degree vehicular homicide.
Johnson has been sentenced to 5 years in
prison and an additional 5 years under probation after his release from prison.
Had Johnson decided to plead not guilty and go to trial and then lost the case,
Johnson could have been hit with a sentencing of 93 years imprisonment, say truck
accident lawyers from Newnan, GA. They also point out that video footage and
other evidence would have influenced any accident
insurance claim.
His five year sentencing, which seems
like barely a slap on the wrist for some, was part of plea bargain that Johnson’s
defense lawyer was able to strike with the prosecution in exchange for pleading
guilty, which was approved by the judge.
Some people are wondering if the families
will accept this deal. This punishment is pathetic according to so many people
and many Newnan, GA truck accident lawyers as well.
Truck
Driver cannot Explain Why he did not Stop in the Accident
During the hearing, Johnson said that he
was driving at around 70 mph on the morning of the accident when he noticed
tail lights and saw traffic ahead of him all coming to a halt. However, for
reasons even he does not know himself, Johnson just kept driving without
stopping until he rear ended another vehicle.
Two vehicles were crushed by the impact
of the collision and five students who were studying to be nurses were all
killed. The students were all travelling from Georgia Southern University in
Statesboro to their jobs at Savannah hospital.
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| Newnan, GA truck accident lawyers and so many other people want to know how you can do what John Wayne Johnson did? How are you that careless? |
The truck operator who Johnson worked
for paid as much as $73 million in order to settle the wrongful
death lawsuit that named them as a primary defendant. It also
surfaced that Total Transportation of Mississippi had hired Johnson despite
knowing that he was fired from his previous truck driving job after falling
asleep and crashing his truck, which is a violation of the law according to
Georgia truck accident attorneys.
It will be much better when computers
take over the driving of trucks.
Victim
in Fatal I-20 Warren County Traffic Accident Identified
Local authorities have released the
identity of a man who was killed in a deadly truck accident which occurred on
Interstate 20 last week as 49 year old Wallace Lee from Lexington, South
Carolina.
According to fox5atlanta.com,
investigators confirmed that Lee was killed after the FedEx truck he was
driving ploughed into a tractor trailer on the side of the Interstate and then
dropped right into the embankment and smashed through several trees on its way
down before finally coming to a halt.
Accident investigators have determined
blunt force trauma as the official cause of death after he was crushed inside
the truck itself.
Meanwhile, if you are the victim
of a commercial truck accident, then you have a strong chance to
make yourself financially whole again and to move even beyond your previous
financial position. Talk to a Georgia truck accident lawyer today.
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