Teen who killed 6 members of the same family in head-on minivan crash while carrying a plethora of THC products learns his fate
Story by Jamie Frevele • 21h
A Texas teenager who was high on THC when he crashed his pickup truck into a minivan carrying seven members of a family, killing six of them, will spend decades in prison.
Luke Resecker, 19, was found guilty of six counts of manslaughter among other charges on Oct. 27, nearly two years after he was behind the wheel of a pickup truck that veered into oncoming highway traffic and slammed into a minivan. Inside that minivan were seven members of one family, six of whom were killed. The lone survivor was paralyzed from the waist down. Resecker and his passenger were also injured, the latter of whom suffered a traumatic brain injury, according to the Johnson and Somervelle County District Attorney's Office.
Resecker was also convicted of two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and six counts of driving while intoxicated. The jury sentenced Resecker to 65 years in prison.
The Texas Department of Safety identified the victims of the Dec. 26, 2023, crash who died as Rushil Barri, 28; Nageswararao Ponnada, 64; Sitamahalakshmi Ponnada, 60; Naveena Potabathula, 36; Krithik Potabathula, 10; and Nishidha Potabathula, 9. Lokesh Potabathula, 43, was the sole survivor and was critically injured. He lost his wife, two children, mother- and father-in-law, and cousin.
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