Man sentenced in Harris Lake boating crash that killed 10-year-old girl
Quinten Kight received up to 220 months in prison after pleading guilty to charges including second-degree murder.
2 reports on this incident · first at Aug 25, 2026, 3:20 p.m. ET
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Aug 25, 2026, 3:20 p.m. ETFirst report
Man Sentenced in Harris Lake Boating Crash That Killed 10-Year-Old Girl
A man has been sentenced in connection with a boating crash on Harris Lake that killed a 10-year-old girl and seriously injured another person, according to wwaytv3.com.
Quinten Kight was sentenced in Chatham County Superior Court on August 25, 2026. The court imposed a sentence of 144 to 185 months for second-degree murder and 19 to 35 months for felony boating while impaired involving serious injury, totaling a maximum of 220 months, plus 24 months of supervised probation, as reported by wwaytv3.com.
Kight had faced charges including second-degree murder, felony boating while impaired involving serious injury, felony boating while impaired resulting in death, careless and reckless operation of a motorboat, and boating while impaired. The government alleged that Kight operated a boat while impaired, causing the crash that killed the child and seriously injured another person, according to wwaytv3.com.
The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Law Enforcement Division investigated the case.
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