Sentencing is scheduled next month for a Houschton man found guilty of Homicide by Vehicle in Carnesville in 2022. Damon Ray Burke has entered a guilty plea to two counts of felony Homicide by Vehicle in the First Degree Leaving the Scene, and Driving on the Wrong Side of the Road. He is expected back in Franklin County Superior Court on September 16 before Superior Court Judge Harvey Wasserman for sentencing. On April 9, 2022 at the intersection of Highway 320 and Goolsby Rd. in Carnesville. According to a report by the Georgia State Patrol Hartwell Post, Burke was driving his white 2010 Chevy Colorado west on SR320 when he failed to yield when turning left onto Goolsby Road. Burke turned in front of a 2009 Toyota Camry driven by 84-year-old Rosalie Youngsook Kim of Hartwell. Kim swerved to the left to avoid hitting Burke’s vehicle and entered the oncoming, westbound lane, striking a third vehicle, a 2021 Chevrolet Colorado driven by 68-year-old Ricky Sutton of Taylorsville, in the left front bumper, resulting in a head-on collision. Her passenger, 74-year-old Yong Pyon of Lawrenceville, suffered serious injuries and was airlifted to Greenville Memorial Hospital, where she later died. Two other people suffered serious injuries and were taken by ambulance to Athens Regional Medical Center. Troopers say witnesses reported seeing the accident and told law enforcement that Burke did not stop but kept on going down Goolsby Road. Investigators with the Georgia State Patrol…
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