A superseding indictment has been handed down in Christian County Circuit Court against a Crittenden County man charged in a 2019 fatal traffic near Hopkinsville.
37-year-old Robert Jackson of Marion had previously been charged with two counts of reckless homicide and two counts of wanton endangerment stemming from a two-vehicle wreck that occurred in 2019 two days before Christmas on Kentucky 91. Christian County Sheriff’s deputies said Jackson crossed the center line about a mile north of Sinking Fork Baptist Church and hit a truck driven by 32-year-old Misty Quarles of Cerulean.
Quarles’ daughter 11-year-old Alexia Trump, a sixth-grader at Sinking Fork Elementary School, died from her injuries within a day of the crash. Quarles succumbed to her injuries and died the following May after a lengthy hospital stay. Two other people were injured in the crash.
The superseding indictment removes one of the two reckless homicide charges and adds a first-degree wanton endangerment for a total of three. He is also facing charges of speeding, possession of marijuana, and failure to maintain vehicle insurance.
Jackson will face the charges in Christian County Circuit Court.
