Police have arrested an Oakdale teen accused of fatally striking a tractor-trailer driver standing outside his vehicle in Washington County last summer.

Jaxon Ramon Farrell, 18, was charged Monday with homicide by vehicle and other counts in the Aug. 25, 2025, death of Brian Everhart on a Route 22 overpass in Robinson Township, Washington County.

Farrell was driving a 2021 Nissan sedan with Florida plates “at an unsafe speed” around 3 p.m. on the overpass, which led motorists onto Pennsylvania Turnpike Interstate 576, Pennsylvania State Police said in a criminal complaint.

The complaint said Farrell was driving while his license was suspended. It did not say how fast Farrell was driving.

The teen neared a tractor-trailer that was stopped on the road’s shoulder, the complaint said. A second vehicle moved left to give the tractor-trailer space.

Farrell, who was driving “in a reckless manner,” then tried to “lane-split” — driving between the moving vehicle and the tractor-trailer parked on the side of the road, the complaint said. While doing this, he “unsafely traveled” over a solid white lane indicator.

Farrell struck the tractor-trailer’s rear tires then hit Everhart, 46, the complaint said.

Everhart was standing outside the vehicle on the side of the road when he was struck, the complaint said. He died at the scene.

“This was a traffic accident — not a crime,” attorney Michael Sherman, who represents Farrell, told TribLive Wednesday. “He’s a young kid. And there was no intention or recklessness on his part.”

Farrell kept driving until his car petered out about a mile from the incident, the complaint said. A witness saw him on the roadside changing one of his tires and zip-tying his damaged bumper. He later was stopped and questioned by police.

Farrell told state troopers he didn’t know he hit Everhart, the complaint said.

Authorities drew his blood, which tested positive for the psychoactive elements from marijuana, the complaint said. Farrell said he also took prescription medication and was diagnosed with autism and mental health issues.

Farrell was charged this week with 20 counts. Four of them — including homicide by vehicle and aggravated assault by vehicle — are felonies. He also faces three counts of driving under the influence of a controlled substance.

At an arraignment Monday, a district judge set $150,000 unsecured bail, court records show.

Farrell currently is out of jail while the case goes through the courts, state police said. He cannot use drugs or drink alcohol. Farrell also is required to take random drug tests.

Farrell’s preliminary hearing is set for May 28, court records show.

An online obituary for Everhart, who had home addresses in West Virginia and Tennessee, said “Brian spent much of his life on the road as a truck driver, a career he took pride in.”

“At home, he enjoyed building and fixing things, always finding ways to keep busy with his hands,” the obituary said.

Everhart is survived by his mother, brother, sister and two children.