NEW HAVEN — A 20-year-old woman from Bristol was killed in a one-car crash on Thursday, and the 16-year-old driver faces multiple charges — including manslaughter.

Brayden Hemingway of Waltham was driving the car that crashed on North Street in New Haven and took the life of Jaida Cram of Bristol, who was a passenger in the vehicle.

Addison County Sheriff’s Deputy James St. Cyr said he spotted Hemingway driving on Plank Road at around 10:16 a.m. on April 17. According to a press release prepared by St. Cyr and Addison County Sheriff Mike Elmore, the former said he recognized Hemingway as someone whose license was under suspension.

Deputy St. Cyr — who had been traveling in the opposite direction — said he pulled into a driveway to turn around to investigate. At this point, according to St. Cyr, Hemingway “accelerated quickly and drove away at a high rate of speed.”

As he was trying to catch up to Hemingway, St. Cyr said he saw the vehicle Hemingway was driving crash, flipping over and landing in a ditch.

St. Cyr noted that a female passenger in the car — later identified as Cram — was ejected from the vehicle and was laying in the ditch, critically injured. St. Cyr performed first aid until Bristol Rescue arrived and continued life-saving efforts.

Authorities called a rescue helicopter, but Cram was taken by ambulance to UVM Medical Center in Burlington, where she succumbed to her injuries.

Hemingway — who sustained only minor injuries in the crash — faces charges of grossly negligent operation, death resulting; driving under the influence of drugs, death resulting; and manslaughter, according to police officials.

Sheriff’s deputies took Hemingway into custody and took him to the Vermont State Police barracks in New Haven for processing. A Vergennes Police Department drug-recognition expert evaluated Hemingway and determined he had been under the influence of marijuana at the time of the crash, according to the ACSD.

The Addison County State’s Attorney’s Office has elected to charge Hemingway as an adult in this case, according to the sheriff’s department. Hemingway was held without bail Thursday night at Marble Valley Correctional Facility in Rutland pending his scheduled arraignment hearing on Friday, April 18, in Addison County Superior Court, criminal division.

Sheriff’s department officials thanked Vermont State Police, Vergennes police, Bristol Rescue, Middlebury Regional EMS, and the New Haven Fire Department for their assistance.