A North Carolina teenager who was charged with drunk driving now faces murder charges after police said he drove "carelessly and recklessly" before he fatally struck another teenager on a bicycle.

Ashton Rahlfs, 16, was already charged with driving while impaired and driving while consuming alcohol under the age of 21 in connection with an Oct. 26 incident that took the life of 14-year-old Max Dunham and seriously injured 20-year-old Brandon Russell. Nearly a month later, Rahlfs was also indicted on charges of second-degree murder, death by vehicle, and serious injury by vehicle.

Rahlfs, who was allegedly driving with a learner's permit and not a license, was found to be speeding and intoxicated at the time of the two collisions, police said.

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