Husband Charged In Sandy Springs Crash That Killed Wife

SANDY SPRINGS, GA — A woman was ejected and killed Sunday morning in an accident along Interstate 285 in Sandy Springs. Officers were dispatched around 9 a.m. March 18 to the accident on the eastbound side near Roswell Road.

Police arrived to find four vehicles on both sides of the highway, and traffic investigators later learned two accidents occurred at the location. The first collision involved three vehicles: a Honda Accord, an Infiniti G35 and a Ford F-150 pickup truck. No injuries were reported in this collision, said Sandy Springs police spokesperson Sgt. Sam Worsham.

The second crash involved a Toyota Sequoia, which swerved to avoid the three-vehicle collision. The driver, identified as 61-year-old David Cho, lost control of the SUV and struck a guardrail on the shoulder, Sgt. Worsham said.

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The vehicle overturned and the passenger, identified as Susan Cho, 54, was partially ejected and pinned under the Toyota, Worsham added. The passenger, the wife of the driver, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Fulton County medical examiner.

David Cho, who was transported to an area hospital for injuries sustained in the crash, has been charged by Sandy Springs police with vehicular homicide in the second degree, a misdemeanor, and failure to maintain lane in connection to the accident. Vehicular homicide in the second degree carries a sentence of up to one year in jail or a fine not exceeding $1,000.

Patch readers on Facebook questioned why police brought the vehicular homicide charge against Cho.

"This poor man lost his wife for crying out loud," one reader said. "Doesn’t seem like anything other than a horrible tragic accident! Of course the police made the report but if he was swerving due to another accident, why is he being charged?"

Sgt. Worsham told Patch that when a motorist is "in control of the vehicle and it's involved in the crash, you are responsible for the well-being of everyone in the vehicle."

"That is the why he was charged," he added.

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