LEWISTON — A 26-year-old local man has been charged with manslaughter, accused of driving a car into a house two months ago in a wreck that killed a 28-year-old passenger.

Blaze Smalls, of Lewiston, was arrested late Wednesday afternoon on charges of manslaughter and driving while intoxicated.

The May 21 crash claimed the life of 28-year-old Natasha Thoits, of Lewiston, who was trapped in the mangled car after it hit a single-family home at 4 Old Lisbon Road, police said.

She was pronounced dead at the scene after being extricated from the vehicle.

A third person in the vehicle suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, police said.

Smalls, the driver, suffered only minor injuries. Police have been investigating the wreck for more than a month and arrested Smalls at about 5 p.m. Wednesday at his home on Horton Street.

The wreck also displaced 86-year-old Claudette Dumont from her home after Smalls’ BMW ripped through the front of it. Dumont had been asleep in the early morning when the crash occurred. Her daughter later said she barely escaped being seriously injured in the wreck.

Dumont’s home is located on a sharp curve at the corner of Webster Street and Old Lisbon Road. It was the second time in two years that a car crashed into the home.

Smalls has a criminal history of crashing into buildings. In November 2017, he was arrested on charges of eluding police, criminal mischief and other offenses after fleeing from police before crashing into the Margaret Murphy Center for Children at the corner of Charles Street and Western Promenade in Auburn.

Smalls was booked Wednesday night at the Androscoggin County Jail.