BROWN CO. — Brown County deputies arrested a 21-year-old man after a fatal crash at State Road 135 and Orchard Road Sunday afternoon.
Around 3:10 p.m.deputies with the Brown County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a crash involving multiple vehicles at State Road 135 and Orchard Road.
According to police, 21-year-old Jaffett Jackson Zelaya, of Indianapolis, was driving a 2016 Chevrolet Camaro east on State Road 135 at a high rate of speed when it approached a hillcrest with a slight curve.
Police say Zelaya’s Camaro went airborne and hit the roof of a 2018 Chevrolet Silverado that was traveling west.
According to investigators, the Camaro flipped and landed upside down before catching fire.
The Brown County coroner’s office pronounced the driver of the Silverado, 46-year-old Kevin Sullivan, of Indianapolis, dead at the scene.
Police say, 37-year-old Silvio Padilla, of Indianapolis, who was a passenger in the Camaro, was transported to a hospital in Indianapolis. Padilla is listed in critical condition.
Deputies said alcohol and speed are both believed to be factors in the crash.
The Brown County Sheriff’s Office arrested Zelaya on preliminary charges, of criminal recklessness resulting in death, driving while his driver’s license was suspended resulting in death, operating a vehicle while intoxicated resulting in death, criminal recklessness resulting in serious bodily injury, possession of a narcotic drug, OWI endangerment, OWI.
