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Sometime in the morning, a car driven by Kyle Hawkins, 18, in which Jackson was a passenger hit a tree off of U.S. Highway 42. The impact left Jackson, who was 20 weeks pregnant, dead at the scene, while Hawkins was taken to Baptist Hospital with only minor injuries.

Woman, two children injured after hit-and-run crash on U.S. 42. in Prospect, Kentucky

Date:

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Area:

Louisville, KY

A woman and two children who were traveling in the second vehicle, an SUV, were transported to area hospital, but their injuries are not considered life-threatening, MetroSafe said. The woman was taken to University Hospital; the two children to Kosair Children's Hospital. The crash occurred on U.S. 42 at Woodstone Way at 3:03 p.m. U.S. was closed in both directions, from Wolf Pen Branch Road to Seminary Drive for more than an hour but has since reopened.