This May 28, 2017 photo provided by the Delaware County Sheriff's Office in Muncie, Ind., shows Nathaniel Jordan. Police say Jordan punched his girlfriend as she was driving a van carrying him and her four children along an Indiana highway Sunday, May 28, 2017, causing a single-car crash that killed her 6-year-old daughter. Jordan faces preliminary neglect, criminal recklessness and other charges. (Delaware County Sheriff's Office via AP)
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MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) - A central Indiana man accused of causing a highway crash that killed his girlfriend's 6-year-old daughter has been formally charged in the deadly crash.
Delaware County prosecutors charged 27-year-old Nathaniel Jordan of Farmland with eight counts Thursday, including battery and neglect of a dependent resulting in death.
Online records don't list an attorney for Jordan, who's was jailed under $60,000 bond.
Authorities say Jordan was arguing on Sunday with his 28-year-old girlfriend, Jessica Skeens, when he punched her and grabbed the steering wheel as she was driving along Indiana 67 near Muncie.
The van left the highway and rolled over, killing Taelyn Woodson and injuring the couple and Skeens' three other young children.
Prosecutors plan to formally charge Skeens next week. She's jailed on preliminary charges including driving while intoxicated.
CORRECTS DAY OF THE WEEK TO SUNDAY, NOT SATURDAY - Indiana State Police investigate a one-vehicle accident on Sunday, May 28, 2017, along the Muncie Bypass where a child was killed. Police say a man punched his girlfriend as she was driving a van carrying him and her four children along an Indiana highway, causing a single-car crash that killed her 6-year-old daughter. (Corey Ohlenkamp/The Star Press via AP)
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CORRECTS DAY OF THE WEEK TO SUNDAY, NOT SATURDAY - Indiana State Police investigate a one-vehicle accident on Sunday, May 28, 2017, along the Muncie Bypass where a child was killed. Police say a man punched his girlfriend as she was driving a van carrying him and her four children along an Indiana highway, causing a single-car crash that killed her 6-year-old daughter. (Corey Ohlenkamp/The Star Press via AP)
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