Fatal crash suspect now charged with vehicular homicide

The man accused in connection with a pedestrian versus vehicle crash on Russellville Road that resulted in her death on September 15th has been served with a warrant for vehicular homicide.

That’s according to the Christian County Sheriff’s Department, who served a complaint warrant signed by District Judge Foster Cotthoff against 47-year-old Richard Fisk of Hopkinsville at the Christian County Jail for the charge of vehicular homicide while under the influence. Fisk was already lodged in the jail on charges of operating a vehicle while under the influence of a substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

As previously reported, Fisk was identified as the driver of a vehicle that struck 50-year-old Elizabeth Jessup of Hopkinsville around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday night, who was in the middle turning lane in the roadway in front of the Circle K on Russellville Road attempting to cross the street. Fisk told officers at the time that he had been trying to turn into the gas station’s parking lot and did not see Jessup…

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