A 26-year-old Napanoch man has been arrested following an indictment in connection with a fatal two-vehicle crash that claimed the life of a 24-year-old Ellenville woman in October 2025, New York State Police announced.

Raul E. Braddock-Toala was arrested on October 14, 2026, following an investigation into the crash that killed Kaelyn A. Rausch, of Ellenville.

According to State Police, troopers from the Ellenville barracks, members of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Troop F Collision Reconstruction Unit responded to the crash on October 5, 2025, near 8097 State Route 209 in the town of Wawarsing, near the intersection with Tops Market Boulevard. Rausch died as a result of the collision.

Following an extensive investigation conducted by State Police Troop F BCI and the Ulster County District Attorney’s Office, an Ulster County grand jury indicted Braddock-Toala on October 6, 2026.

Members of the Ellenville BCI and the Troop F CRU took Braddock-Toala into custody on October 14 and transported him to State Police Ellenville for processing.

He faces three charges: second-degree manslaughter, a Class C felony; criminally negligent homicide, a Class E felony; and second-degree reckless endangerment, a Class A misdemeanor.

Braddock-Toala was arraigned on October 15 in Ulster County Centralized Arraignment Part and remanded to the Ulster County Jail without bail.

The charges stem from the investigation into the fatal crash. The case is proceeding through the criminal justice system.