A man charged with murder and other offenses in a Bowling Green crash that left a toddler dead has been extended an offer to resolve the case without a trial.

Warren County Commonwealth’s Attorney Kori Beck Bumgarner said during a hearing Monday in Warren Circuit Court that her office has made an offer in the case against Jorge Lopez Iturbide, 33, of Franklin.

Iturbide is accused of being impaired while driving a Toyota Corolla on Jan. 6, 2024 and causing a crash with a Ford Escape in the 5000 block of Scottsville Road, leading to the death of 2-year-old Jhavarion Peay, of Bowling Green, a passenger in the Escape.

Bumgarner informed Warren Circuit Judge Chris Cohron that she recently met with Itubide’s court-appointed attorney, Diana Werkman of the Department of Public Advocacy, about the case.

Werkman said she had not yet communicated the offer to Iturbide, telling Cohron that inclement weather had prevented her from meeting with her client.

In addition to murder, Iturbide is charged with two counts of first-degree assault and one count each of first-degree criminal mischief, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants (second offense), no operator’s license and failure of owner to maintain required insurance.

Cohron set another pretrial conference for March 10.

According to the Bowling Green Police Department, the crash occurred at in the northbound lanes of Scottsville Road at Cypress Wood Lane, with Iturbide’s vehicle rear-ending a vehicle driven by Braxton Peay and carrying his son, Jhavarion, and his 5-year-old daughter, J’cyonna Peay, who was also seriously injured.

At a preliminary hearing that took place last year in Warren District Court, BGPD Detective Jennifer Owen testified that Iturbide appeared to be impaired to police at the crash site, and Iturbide reported having drank two or three beers in Franklin before traveling to Bowling Green to visit a girlfriend.

After police obtained a warrant to obtain two blood samples from Iturbide, tests showed he had a blood alcohol content of 0,26, more than three times the legal limit for drivers, Owen testified last year.

Officers also examined the computer in Iturbide’s vehicle, which indicated that the car was traveling at 77.1 mph when it made impact with Peay’s vehicle, Owen said.

Data from Peay’s vehicle indicated it was traveling at around 10 mph at the point of impact, according to the detective.