HAMILTON COUNTY, Ind. -- Prosecutors in Hamilton County have filed reckless homicide charges against a Carmel man accused of killing an innocent driver during a high-speed chase.
The amended charges filed this week come more than two months after the victim passed away. The suspect, Alexander Mitchell, was initially charged with resisting law enforcement and reckless driving, but those charges were filed before the victim died.
Prosecutors now believe the death of Kevin McKelvey was a result of injuries suffered in the crash, and the charges were upgraded as a result.
Driving north on Meridian Street near 64th Street in mid-June, 47-year-old McKelvey was hit head-on by another driver who was trying to escape police.
McKelvey was taken to the hospital before being released. Sadly, the f