A Manchester has been charged in negligent homicide related to a crash in Rindge in November, which killed one person and injured another.

On April 24, Elie Embal Angol Ayaya, 25, of Manchester, was arrested and charged with two Class B felonies related to the Nov. 17 crash, including one count of negligent homicide related to the death of Kiersten M. Bankowski, 33, of Ashby, according to a press release issued by the Rindge Police Department Monday. The other charge was for second-degree assault for allegedly causing serious bodily injury to Sean M. O’Loughlin of Ashby.

Ayaya was arraigned on both charges at the Cheshire Superior Court on April 25, and released on $5,000 cash bail April 26. A trial date has yet to be set.

The charges stem from a crash that occurred on Nov. 17 at approximately 7:31 p.m., at the intersection of Route 119 and Payson Hill Road. Police responded to a report of a two-car crash, with two people trapped in one of the vehicles.

Police concluded that Ayaya allegedly traveled into the intersection of Cathedral Road and Route 119 in a 2020 Subaru Legacy sedan at a high rate of speed and failed to stop at the posted stop sign. Ayaya’s vehicle collided with a 2021 GMC Sierra pickup truck that was traveling westbound on Route 119. O’Loughlin was driving the pickup, with Bankkowski as a passenger. As a result of the crash, Bankowski was pronounced dead at the scene, and O’Loughlin was taken to UMass Memorial Medical Center with critical injuries.

Bankowski was a mother of four small children, and ran an Etsy shop and Facebook page where she sold various items, such as crystals, diffusers, T-shirts, bags, cups and other items, under the name ADCS Reserve, an acronym representing the names of her children.

According to police reports, Ayaya did not show signs of impairment, and police determined the cause of the crash was negligence in failing to stop at the intersection. At the time, Ayaya was arrested and charged with two counts of vehicular assault, which is a Class A misdemeanor, which he remains charged with on top of the additional charges of negligent homicide and second-degree assault with serious bodily injury.

A Class B felony may result in between 3 1/2 and 7 years incarceration and fines of up to $4,000. Class A misdemeanors are punishable by a maximum of 12 months in jail or fines of up to $2,000.