A trial date has been set for Maddox Hall, the Utica man who is charged with murder and assault for being under the influence and causing an accident that killed one person and injured two others in May 2024.
Hall, 20, appeared in Daviess County Circuit Court Friday morning. The appearance was initially scheduled to be a bond hearing, but Hall’s defense attorney Barry Blackard told the judge he was not moving forward with any bond request.
Instead, the defense counsel and Commonwealth’s Attorney Mike Van Meter agreed to set a trial date for June 23, 2025, with a final pretrial conference scheduled for May 29, 2025. Hall’s bond remains at $250,000 full cash.
According to records, the head-on vehicle collision occurred at approximately 9:09 p.m. on May 10 in the 3400 block of New Harford Road, just north of the bypass.
Authorities later announced that 25-year-old Morgan Culyer-Foster, of Owensboro, died from injuries sustained in the accident. It was also reported that a second individual had been life-flighted with severe injuries, while a third person was taken to Owensboro Health Regional Hospital for severe injuries.
Hall was identified by the Owensboro Police Department as the driver of the vehicle that caused the collision.
According to the OPD arrest citation, officers determined that Hall was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes into opposing traffic. The document says that Hall “sideswiped a northbound vehicle occupied by two individuals causing substantial risk of serious physical injury” and “then proceeded to strike a second northbound vehicle causing the death of an occupant, serious physical injury (internal bleeding) to a second occupant, and physical injury to two additional occupants.”
The report says Hall then proceeded to flee the scene on foot, “leaving his shoes near the scene.”
Hall was located at a nearby gas station, and he “smelled strongly of alcoholic beverages, was unsteady on his feet, and had slurred speech,” according to the report, which added that Hall “appeared to be heavily intoxicated.”
The document says Hall refused a field sobriety test and that he was then taken to OHRH. Officers obtained and executed a search warrant for a legal blood draw, according to the report.
According to OPD, Hall was initially charged with:
- Vehicular homicide when under the influence of alcohol
- Assault, 1st degree
- Wanton endangerment, 1st degree (4 counts)
- Operating motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, 1st offense (aggravated circumstances)
- Leaving the scene of an accident/failing to render assistance with death or serious physical injury
The case was presented to the July session of the Daviess County grand jury. According to records, Hall was indicted on the amended charges of:
- Murder
- Assault, 1st Degree (2 counts)
- Wanton endangerment, 1st degree (3 counts)
- Operating motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, 2nd offense (aggravated circumstances)
- Leaving the scene of an accident/failing to render assistance with death or serious physical injury
Court records show a full cash bond of $250,000 was set on May 13 following the original charges. That bond remained in place following the indictments on the amended charges. It was again left unchanged after Hall’s hearing on October 4.
Hall remains lodged in the Daviess County Detention Center.
Court records show Hall was previously convicted for a separate incident where he caused an accident while driving under the influence. Court records show that on July 25, 2022, at approximately 10:59 p.m., the Daviess County Sheriff’s Office responded to a vehicle accident in the 5600 block of Old Hartford Road.
An arrest citation shows Hall told AMR Ambulance authorities that he “was highly intoxicated and hit a vehicle.” The citation also notes the DCSO deputy “could smell a strong odor of alcohol coming from (Hall)” and that the deputy observed THC vape pens inside the vehicle, which was a convertible that had its top down. Hall was taken to the hospital for his injuries and agreed to a blood test, according to the report.
The report says Hall told the deputy “he drank too much to be driving and decided to drive home anyway.”
According to the report, the vehicle that was struck was stopped on the side of the roadway because the operator was adjusting the headlights. The person was able to move out of the way to avoid injury, the document says.
Hall was found guilty on January 23, 2023, of the following charges stemming from the incident:
- Operating motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, 1st offense (aggravated circumstances)
- Possession of marijuana
- License required to be carried on person
- Wanton endangerment, 2nd degree
