A state trooper involved in a police chase that led to the death of an 11-year-old in Ulster County has been indicted on a murder charge, state Attorney General Letitia James announced Wednesday afternoon in a statement.

Christopher Baldner is charged with second-degree murder, second-degree manslaughter and first-degree reckless endangerment, James said.

He surrendered Wednesday morning and was suspended without pay, according to a State Police spokesperson, who also said that State Police investigated the matter and cooperated with the AG’s office.

The indictment alleges he used a police vehicle he was operating while on patrol in December 2020 to ram a car occupied by four members of the Goods family, causing it to flip over and fatally injure 11-year-old Monica Goods of Brooklyn, and that, in September 2019, Baldner "similarly endangered the lives of three passengers by using his police vehicle to ram their car."

Baldner had engaged Tristan Goods in a car chase after Goods sped off from a traffic stop.

“Police officers are entrusted to protect and serve, but Trooper Baldner allegedly violated that trust when he used his car as a deadly weapon and killed a young girl,” the attorney general said.

Gov. Kathy Hochul had issued an executive order last week authorizing James to investigate and potentially prosecute the officer.

Flanked by Attorney Sanford Rubenstein and civil rights leader Reverend Kevin McCall, Michelle Surrency, mother to Monica Goods, spoke briefly at a press conference in regards to the indictment of the state trooper.

“First, I want to thank the attorney general for working hard and getting the indictment. But I just want people to know the fight isn’t over. This is just the beginning. I didn’t lose one child that day, I lost two, ‘cause Christina will never be the same,” Surrency said.

“I just want people to know, we’re still fighting every day, and trooper Baldner convicted and sent to jail — not just an indictment. We need to get him fully prosecuted and where he belongs for the crimes that he has committed against my children.”

During a period of questions and answers, Rev. McCall, too, called for justice.

“This is a step in the right direction, but we need answers,” added Rev. McCall. “Too many times in this city and in this country and in this state an officer gets charged and after the trial is over they get no time. They get off. This should not happen in this case. We want to see this officer do a perp walk.”

In a statement, New York State Troopers Police Benevolent Association President Thomas Mungeer offered condolences to the Goods family, and said it would to provide legal representation to the involved trooper.

"As this case makes its way through the legal system, we look forward to a review and public release of the facts, including the motorist’s reckless actions that started this chain of events," Mungeer stated.