Decatur Man in Jail after Fatal DUI Crash

Wednesday, 24 May 2017

A Decatur man has been jailed on $300,000 bond after his arrest on preliminary charges related to a crash that left his 1-year-old daughter dead.

Police say 30-year-old Matthew D. Jackson had a blood-alcohol content that was more than three times the legal limit after the May 15th crash.

Jackson's license was suspended at the time and he was serving a term of court supervision for a DUI conviction.

He was arrested on three counts of aggravated DUI.

Authorities say Jackson was driving a 2004 Chevrolet Impala when the vehicle collided head-on with another vehicle.

Jackson's daughter Ava Talifero-Jackson was seated in a rear passenger seat.

She was pronounced dead at an area hospital.

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