DALLAS — Ronnie Burns II told his parents when he was just 8 that he would graduate college in three years and get a job paying six figures.

At 22, he kept his promise, graduating from Florida A&M University with a computer science degree and landing that first six-figure job in Atlanta that would begin later this year.

But an alleged drunk driver fleeing from police in Houston ended that promising future early Saturday morning, in a crash that also killed Burns' fraternity brother and best friend.

"Ran through the red light on his third accident, and killed our babies," Ronnie Burns Sr. said of the driver who was being chased by a Harris County deputy constable at 2 a.m. on Saturday.

The SUV broadsided the Lexus Burns had just bought. The vehicle caught fire, killing Burns and his fri

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