Thomas Kocon.
POTTSTOWN PA – Thomas A. Kocon, the Pottstown PA teenager charged with homicide and other offenses in a one-car accident last December that resulted in the deaths of two friends and injuries to several others, faces a Montgomery County (PA) trial, television station WFMZ in Allentown reported Tuesday (Feb. 16, 2010).
Kocon waived his rights Tuesday to a preliminary hearing, setting the stage for a full trial in coming months.
Two Pottstown High School students, Breanne Brothers and Andrea Antonio-Harris, died in the Dec. 12 (2009) accident on Route 100 between Farmington and Moyer roads in Upper Pottsgrove (PA) Township. Kocon, the driver of the sports utility vehicle involved, was said to be speeding and taking his hands off the steering wheel when the crash occurred.
An 18-year-old Pottsgrove School District student who attended the Western Center For Technical Studies in Limerick PA, Kocon was arrested Dec. 30 (2009) on two counts of homicide by vehicle, five counts of recklessly endangering other persons, careless driving, operation of a motor vehicle without insurance, and other related offenses.
Three other passengers in the vehicle, one of them also a Pottsgrove student, were injured.
Related:
- Pottsgrove Driver Charged With Homicides
- Accident Driver Uninsured, TV Report Claims
- Services Set For Pottstown Accident Victim
- Candles Flicker In Students’ Memorial
- Dealing With Grief In Accident Aftermath
- Two Killed, Others Injured in Route 100 Accident
Photo from the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office
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We need to limit the numbers of teens in a car to no more than 3….
Two lives lost, two severely injured, and a teen driver likely going to jail for several years …
We need mandatory drivers’ education, occupant limit laws. It’s time we educate our kids in school on how to drive and how serious being inattentive on the road is.
I was astounded when I found PA has no mandatory drivers’ education for schools. This is pure negligence on the part of school boards in the state.
I grew up in NJ. Mandatory drivers’ education and passing grades or no learners permit. It makes a difference.