A man responsible for an ATV accident causing death pled guilty under Greenbrier County Circuit Court Judge Jennifer Dent on Friday, Aug. 13.
Timothy Considine was indicted in 2018 on one count of driving while in an impaired state causing death and one count of leaving the scene of an accident causing death.
According to Assistant Prosecutor Bethany Burdette, on “about June 29 of 2018, on the western end of Greenbrier County, there was an ATV accident involving Mr. Considine, with [him] being the driver. At the accident, the victim Curtis Johnson was injured and, in fact, killed. … Mr. Considine had reason to believe, at the time of the accident that he caused, that Mr. Johnston was injured. He declined to render any kind of aid and … then he left the scene of the accident, as evidenced by the 911 caller picking him up approximately a mile and a half away from the victim.”
“It sounds pretty accurate to me,” Considine said after Dent asked if the state’s case was correct.
Considine pled guilty to count two, felony leaving the scene of an accident causing death. After this, Burdette moved that the first indictment be dismissed.
The plea deal carries a maximum possible penalty of one to five years imprisonment and a $5,000 fine. Burdette also noted that the family of the victim, also related to Considine, approved of the plea deal.
Defense Attorney Michael Whitt also highlighted one of the deals’ penalties.
“One thing in the written plea of guilty that has not been mentioned here today that I want to put on the record is that under the statute … his driver’s license will be revoked for one year after either the date of conviction or the date of his release from incarceration, whichever date is later,” said Whitt. “He is fully aware of this revocation.”
Considine was allowed to remain on bond until sentencing.
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