A Hall County jury will begin deliberating today as it seeks to determine if a Lake Lanier fatality was merely an accident, or a crime perpetrated by the defendant’s recklessness. Defense witness and boating collision expert Phil Odom said Wednesday that Atlanta man Jeffrey Hubbard was neither reckless or at fault in the July 6, 2012, collision that caused the death of 11-year-old Kile Glover and seriously injured Alpharetta teen Jordan Shepp, then 15. Odom said the pontoon boat, which had begun towing the kids on a raft by most accounts, “should have taken action to avoid the collision.”
Defense in boating death trial focuses on collision
Case to go to jury today