Homicide is manslaughter when:

• It is committed recklessly;
  
• It would otherwise be murder, but is committed in the heat of passion resulting from a reasonable provocation; or
  
• The actor causes the death of another person while fleeing or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer.

Manslaughter is a crime of the second degree.

• If the death is caused while trying to escape a police officer, a person may be imprisoned for a term of 5 to 15 years.