Student charged in fatal street race

A junior involved in the Oct. 31 death of another IU student turned himself in to authorities Friday on a charge of reckless homicide, a class C felony, according to officials at the Monroe County Jail. \nDaipayan Banerjee turned himself into the Monroe County Sheriff's Department Friday, where he was booked into the jail and later released on a $10,000 bond.\nBanerjee was the driver of a Ford Mustang during a street race Oct. 31 on Ind. 446 near Moores Pike. His roommate, Jeffrey Maiatico, 20, was killed when Banerjee collided with another racer at roughly 120 mph, according to the sheriff's department.\nPolice said Maiatico and Banerjee were racing junior Patrick J. McBride, 21, who was driving a 1995 Caprice.\nBoth drivers lost control of their vehicles at the same time, causing Banerjee's convertible to roll over, become airborne and strike with enough force to leave marks 15 feet high on a tree and propel the battery of the car into the side of a nearby house, police said.\nBanerjee suffered minor injuries and McBride, who crashed separately, was unharmed. \nMcBride could face misdemeanor charges of reckless driving and being involved in a speed contest, police said.