Southington Man Charged In Fatal 2022 Crash In Farmington

FARMINGTON/SOUTHINGTON, CT — State police Wednesday announced the arrest of a Southington man in connection with a fatal multi-vehicle accident in Farmington one year ago.

According to Connecticut State Police, Sean Jackson, 57, of Darling Street, Southington, was charged with failure to renew registration; illegal operation of a motor vehicle without minimum insurance; speeding over 70 mph; negligent homicide with a motor vehicle; and failure to drive in the proper lane.

He was charged on $50,000 bond and will appear in Hartford Superior Court Feb. 3, police said.

Police said Jackson, who lived in Bloomfield at the time of the crash, turned himself in to state police at Troop H in Hartford at 6 p.m. Monday.

The brutal accident occurred Jan. 11, 2022 on Interstate 84 in Farmington and involved four vehicles total.

According to the January 2022 accident report, Jackson was driving a 2007 Ford F-150 pickup truck eastbound on Interstate 84 in Farmington on Jan. 11, 2022 at about 7:13 p.m. that day.

Police said Jackson's pickup collided with another vehicle "for an unknown reason" between exits 37 and 39, then jumped the center median and hit another vehicle in the westbound travel lane, which then struck another.

Several injuries, some serious, were reported in the chain-reaction crash, with Windsor resident Nia Justice McDougald, 20, losing her life in the accident.

McDougald was driving a 2003 Toyota Camry that was slammed by Jackson's vehicle after it jumped the median and entered the westbound side of I-84. She died at Hartford Hospital.

For the full arrest affidavit and criminal information summary, click on this link.