Teen driver sentenced to 65 years for crash that killed 6 Georgia family members

JOHNSON COUNTY, Texas - Nearly two years after a devastating head-on crash that killed six members of a visiting Georgia family, a Johnson County jury has sentenced 19-year-old Luke Garrett Resecker to 65 years in prison.

The fatal crash and victims

What we know:

The verdict follows a week-long trial in which prosecutors said Resecker was under the influence of marijuana when he crossed into oncoming traffic on U.S. Highway 67 near County Road 1119 outside Cleburne on December 26, 2023.

Resecker’s Chevy Silverado collided head-on with a Honda Odyssey minivan, killing six of the seven occupants inside.

Those killed were 28-year-old Rushil Barri, 39-year-old Naveena Potabathula, 64-year-old Nageswararao Ponnada, 60-year-old Sitamahalakshmi Ponnada, 10-year-old Kruthik Potabathula and 9-year-old Nishidha Potabathula.

The lone survivor from the minivan, Lokesh Potabathula, lost his wife, two children, cousin and in-laws in the crash. He survived but was left paralyzed from the waist down.

https://www.fox4news.com/news/teen-driver-sentenced-65-years-crash-killed-6-georgia-family-members

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I’d just kill self if this happened to me. JFC.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/ABCDesis/comments/1oqvhli/international_student_given_life_sentence_for/

Febrio De-Zoysa pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder and one count of attempted murder Thursday morning at the Ottawa Courthouse. He was initially charged with six counts of first-degree murder

Six people were found dead inside a two-storey townhouse on Berrigan Drive on March 6, 2024.

Darshani Ekanayake, 35, her seven-year-old son Inuka, four-year-old daughter Ashwini, three-year-old daughter Ranaya and two-month-old daughter Kelly were killed. An acquaintance of the family, 40-year-old Gamini Amarakoon, was also found deceased at the home.

The woman’s husband, Dhanushka Wickramasinghe, was seriously injured. He was the lone survivor.

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