A 22-year-old New Carlisle man is facing vehicular homicide and vehicular manslaughter charges after being involved in a crash that killed a Tipp City man.

Charges were filed against Joshua Daniel on Monday in Clark County Municipal Court. He hired an attorney, John Butz, to represent him and entered pleas of not guilty with Judge Denise Moody on Tuesday, according to court records.

The crash happened on June 26 at the intersection of U.S. 235 and Ohio 41. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s Springfield Post, Daniel was headed east on Ohio 41 and in the process of turning onto northbound U.S. 235 when his SUV collided with a car driven by 49-year-old Tracy Walkup. The crash pushed Walkup’s sedan into a grassy area near the intersection and caused massive damage to both vehicle. Walkup was pronounced dead at the scene, and Daniel refused treatment, the highway patrol said.

It’s believed Daniel was at fault in the crash, which is why Sgt. Bo Schmutz said charges were filed. The highway patrol is also reviewing Daniel’s cell phone records, although Schmutz wouldn’t confirm if he was believed to be on his phone at the time of the crash.

“Whenever there’s a fatal crash, we’re going to look at every avenue we can,” Schmutz said.

The intersection where Walkup was killed is one of multiple problematic stretches of Ohio 235, which has had 12 fatal accidents along the road since 2006. The area is being studied by the Ohio Department of Transportation and the Clark County-Springfield Transportation Coordinating Committee officials for improvements, Schmutz said.

It’s believed speed and driver inattention plays heavily into crashes there, although Schmutz could not say if either factored into the June 26 crash.

Neither Daniel nor Walkup’s family could be reached for comment.