A man in Georgia was charged withmurder on Wednesday after he allegedly used alcohol as fuel to kill five people in a Memorial Day weekend boat accident. was.
Mark Stegall allegedly sent passengers into the Wilmington River in Savannah on the morning of May 28 after colliding with another boat. increase.
A joint investigation by The 45 Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the Chatham County District Attorney found that the one-year-old defendant was drunk and driving recklessly across the river.
Four of the dead were passengers on Stegall's boat and were members of the same family: Christopher Leffler, 51, wife Lori Leffler, 50, and son Zachary. - Leffler (23 years old), Nathan Leffler (17 years old).
Katie Leffler, daughter of the family, survived the crash.
His 37-year-old passenger on the other boat,Robert Chauncey, also died in the crash.
Stegall was charged with ten counts of homicide by ship.
A Chatham County DA spokesperson posted why Stegall faces twice as many murder charges as he did for the number of people killed while the case was still ongoing. could not tell
"We do not comment on ongoing cases because we do not want to affect the integrity of ongoing cases," said Deputy Commissioner Nathaniel E. Wright.
In addition to murder charges, Stegall also faces his six counts of first-degree bodily injury by vessel, operating a vessel under the influence, and reckless operation of a vessel.
