SALEM – An Essex County grand jury on Wednesday indicted a Marblehead teen accused of driving drunk and killing his girlfriend in a March car accident in Lynn.Christopher Maxson, 20, of 140 Elm St. #2, faces motor vehicular homicide while driving drunk and recklessly, as well as a second charge of motor vehicle homicide with a blood alcohol level of .08 or greater and being reckless.According to reports, it was just after 1 a.m. on March 21 when Maxson, driving a Toyota 4Runner SUV, apparently sped through two stop signs at the intersection of Glenwood and Eastern avenues in Lynn to take a shortcut home from a party on Essex Street. He reportedly clipped a vehicle and crashed into three other cars and flipped over on Glenwood Street.His girlfiend, Julia Gauthier, a 19-year-old Salem resident and freshman at Salem State College, was a front-seat passenger in the car. She was ejected through the sunroof and her head struck the pavement as the SUV flipped over onto the passenger side.Two other passengers, Thomas Lambert, 20, of Salem, who was seated behind Gauthier, suffered a shoulder injury and David Duong, 20, also of Salem, reported a minor injury. No charges were brought against Lambert or Duong.At the time of the accident, investigators say Maxson had a blood alcohol level of .11, exceeding the .08 limit.The penalty for each of the two charges against Maxson carries a minimum punishment of one year in jail and up to 15 years in state prison. Maxson also would automatically lose his driving privileges for 15 years, if convicted.Maxson, the father of a 1-year-old son, reportedly has a history of reckless driving. His license was suspended in 2008 stemming from a speeding incident in Brookline, but was re-instated in June 2009. At the time of the incident he was on probation for marijuana possession.Earlier this month, authorities charged Craig Snow, 19, of 471 Essex St., Lynn, with allegedly hosting the party that Maxson and Gauthier attended, along with several other underage guests who drank alcohol and later got into cars to go home. No indictment will be sought against Snow for hosting the party. He is charged with the social host law, which will remain in Lynn District Court.Gauthier’s father Marc almost immediately filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Salem Superior Court against Maxson and his mother Margaret, who is the owner of the SUV Maxson was driving. In the court litigation, the complaint accuses Maxson of gross negligence and recklessness and his mother for entrusting the SUV to him.The indictments handed up by the grand jury now move the case from Lynn District Court, where Maxson pleaded innocent, to Salem Superior Court where he will be re-arraigned within the next few weeks.In the meantime, Maxson remains free on $12,500 cash bail with the conditions that he be confined to his home on an electronic monitoring bracelet and a device called a Sobrietor, which requires him to submit random breath samples to test for alcohol content in his body.He also was ordered not to have contact with Gauthier’s family unless they initiate the contact.No date has been scheduled for his arraignment in Superior Court. It is expected within the next few weeks.Assistant District Attorney Michael Patten is prosecuting the case for the Essex District Attorney’s Office.