A Bloomingdale man involved in a fatal crash that killed a Brooklet couple on Interstate 516 near Savannah in 2013 was found guilty Thursday of felony vehicular homicide.
According to reports from Savannah media source WTOC, Trever Chase Cannon, 22, was found guilty of two counts of felony vehicular homicide as well as other charges stemming from the Feb. 22, 2013, wreck that took the lives of Brooklet residents Stephen Carroll Joyner, 29, and his wife, Camie Barnes Joyner, 31.
The couple's daughter, Dakota Joyner, was 3 at the time of the accident. She survived after being treated for minor injuries sustained in the crash.
According to WTOC's report, Cannon admitted in court that he was driving faster than the posted
55 mph speed limit on Lynes Parkway when the crash occurred but said he was cut off by another driver and lost control.
Witnesses in court said Cannon was weaving and speeding, according to the report.
In an interview with the Statesboro Herald on the day of the crash, Julian Miller, the public affairs administrator with the Savannah-Chatham County Metropolitan Police Department, said Cannon's pickup truck "crossed a median and rolled over" into the Joyners' car. Cannon was listed in serious but stable condition after the wreck, Miller said.
Both victims died at the scene of the crash. According to the couple's obituaries, Camie Joyner was expecting the couple's second child.
Another man, Irven Williams, 47, a motorcyclist, "laid his cycle down to avoid the overturning pickup truck," Miller said. Cannon's truck overturned when it entered the median, rolling over Williams' motorcycle and crashing into the westbound silver 2004 Toyota RAV4 carrying the Joyner family.
Williams was treated at the hospital for injuries he received from the fall, Miller said.
According to the WTOC report, a felony vehicular homicide conviction in Georgia could mean three to 15 years in prison. Sentencing for Cannon's convictions will take place at a later date not yet determined.
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