'Being unable to rescue your child is an incalculable parental nightmare.' Emotional statements gave voice to victims one day after PG&E pleaded guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of unlawfully starting the 2018 Camp Fire.
Their names and their stories filled the vast courtroom Wednesday less than two years after they perished in the Northern California Camp Fire.
"These people up here, they're not just statistics, they had names," a tearful Thomas LeBlanc said as he remembered his stepdaughter, Kimberly Wehr, in a victim impact statement.The emotional statements gave voice to victims one day after California utility Pacific Gas and Electric Company pleaded guilty Tuesday to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of unlawfully starting the Camp Fire, the deadliest blaze in the state's history.
January 2019: PG&E will file for bankruptcy, replace CEO 00:46Johnson was in court Tuesday, where Butte County Superior Court Judge Michael Deems read the names of each victim as their photos were shown on a screen, CNN affiliate KTLA reported. Johnson said the utility would never put profits ahead of safety again. He told the judge that PG&E took responsibility for the devastation"with eyes wide open to what happened and to what must never happen again," KTLA reported.
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