Suffolk Maritime Student Drove More Than 106MPH In Fatal Maine Crash

NORTH BABYLON, NY — A North Babylon resident and Maritime Academy student who was injured in a deadly Maine crash faces 17 charges, including four counts of manslaughter, Maine State Police confirmed with Patch.

Joshua Goncalves-Radding, 20, was indicted on Thursday by a grand jury after investigators concluded he was speeding and under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash, officials said.

The academy student was driving a 2013 Range Rover around 2 a.m. on Dec. 10 in the small town of Castine, Maine, when the car crashed into a tree and burst into flames.

Police believe that "speed and alcohol were factors in the crash" and that the vehicle was traveling between 106 mph and 111 mph before the crash.

Four passengers who were also students all died, police said. They were identified as Brian Kenealy, 20, of York, Maine; Chase Fossett, 21, of Gardiner, Maine; Luke Simpson, 22, of Rockport, Massachusetts; and Riley Ignacio-Cameron, 20, of Aquinnah, Massachusetts.

Goncalves-Radding and two other students were taken to hospitals with serious injuries, the indictment said.

In addition to four counts of manslaughter, Goncalves-Radding was also indicted on five counts of aggravated OUI, two counts of reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon, three counts of driving to endanger and one count each of criminal speeding, forgery and unlawful use of a license.

Goncalves-Radding was indicted on all counts by a Hancock County grand jury on Thursday and will be charged at a later date.