DRIVER CHARGED IN FATAL CRASH

Michael Hamilton has been charged with Aggravated Vehicular Homicide, Driving Under Suspension, Reckless Operation and leaving the scene of an accident, in the death of Christopher Pauley.

Last Sunday Hamilton and Pauley were driving at high rates of speed west on Route 2 when both vehicles slowed down then sped back up (brake-checking). Witnesses calling 9-1-1 estimated their speeds at 100 miles per hour. Police were able to track Hamilton down the next morning after witnesses provided them with the license plate number off of Hamilton’s car. Hamilton, who was driving under suspension at the time of the crash, has told Police that he saw the crash but kept driving because he was scared.

Hamilton was released from Vermilion Police Department on bond and is due in court Tuesday.