Driver Charged in Fatal Pedestrian Accident
The driver, Sharon Mitchell-Golden of Stone Mountain has been charged in the accident that killed a Lawrenceville teenager.
Gwinnett County Police say the driver involved in the fatal pedestrian accident on Lawrenceville Highway Wednesday (Jan. 16) morning has now been charged. In a media release, GCPD Cpl. Jake Smith reported that Sharon Mitchell-Golden, 49, of Stone Mountain, turned herself in to police Thursday. Mitchell-Golden has been charged with second degree vehicular homicide, a misdemeanor, and driving more than 300 feet in the center turn lane, he said. Mitchell-Golden reportedly struck 17-year-old Dakota M. Waters of Lawrenceville as he tried to cross Lawrenceville Highway between Hamilton and James Road in unincorporated Lawrenceville about 7:30 a.m. Mitchell-Golden was traveling northbound on Lawrenceville Highway in her 2007 Land Rover and …
