SCOTTSVILLE — Criminal charges have been brought against an Allen County woman involved in a crash earlier this summer in which two people died.

Amanda Farris, 32, of Scottsville, was arrested Nov. 2 on a warrant charging her with two counts of reckless homicide, second-degree assault and speeding.

Farris is accused of being behind the wheel of a black Ford Escape that struck a Chevrolet Equinox that was stopped behind a tractor-trailer on July 10 on New Glasgow Road.

Morris Gumm, 79, a passenger in the Equinox, died later that day at TriStar Skyline Medical Center in Nashville.

A second passenger, Gumm’s wife, Linda Gumm, 72, died July 13 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.

Sharon Regalado, the driver of the Equinox, and Farris were treated at area hospitals for injuries.

An obituary said that Morris Gumm was a retired employee of a California city and a Sunday School teacher and Bible study director at the Scottsville Church of the Nazarene, while Linda Gumm was described in an obituary as a housekeeper, former child care provider and church secretary at the Scottsville Church of the Nazarene.

According to the Allen County Sheriff’s Office, the crash happened on the afternoon of July 10 in the 5700 block of New Glasgow Road, where roadwork was being completed at the time.

Farris is alleged to have traveled at a high rate of speed and to have never applied her brakes prior to the crash, in which her vehicle rear-ended the vehicle carrying the Gumms, pushing it into the tractor-trailer ahead of them.

According to a copy of the indictment against Farris, she passed three orange signs warning her of road work and was estimated to have traveled 70 miles per hour on a section of road with a 55 m.p.h. speed limit.

Farris is currently in Allen County Detention Center under a $50,000 cash bond.

She was arraigned Nov. 7 in Allen Circuit Court and is set to return to court on Dec. 5 for a discovery conference.

“Any time there’s a traffic accident and lives are lost, it is a tragedy, but just because an accident has happened doesn’t mean that an individual has committed a crime,” said Jason Hays, Farris’ attorney. “Ms. Farris is presumed to be innocent. As tragic as it is, this looks like a traffic accident and we look forward to fighting to get her out of jail.”