WAWARSING, N.Y. — A 26-year-old Napanoch man has been arrested following an indictment in connection with a two-vehicle crash that killed a 24-year-old Ellenville woman last year, New York State Police said.

Raul E. Braddock-Toala was indicted by an Ulster County grand jury on Oct. 6, 2026, following an investigation by State Police Troop F’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Ulster County District Attorney’s Office.

The crash occurred Oct. 5, 2025, near 8097 State Route 209 in the town of Wawarsing. State police, investigators and the Troop F Collision Reconstruction Unit responded to the scene. Kaelyn A. Rausch, 24, of Ellenville, died as a result of the crash.

On October 14, 2026, members of Ellenville BCI and the Troop F Community Stabilization Unit arrested Braddock-Toala and transported him to State Police Ellenville for processing on the following charges:

• Manslaughter in the second degree, a class C felony
• Criminally negligent homicide, a class E felony
• Reckless endangerment in the second degree, a class A misdemeanor

On October 15, 2026, Braddock-Toala was arraigned in Ulster County Centralized Arraignment Part and remanded to the Ulster County Jail without bail, according to state police.

The charges stem from the investigation into the fatal crash. No further details about the circumstances of the collision were provided by state police.