WARREN, Mich. (WXYZ) — A former Warren police officer was bound over on charges Friday in a crash that killed two men in 2024.

James Burke is charged with two counts of vehicular homicide - manslaughter, and more charges in the high-speed crash. That Sept. 30, 2024, crash killed two men , driver Cedric Hayden Jr. and his passenger Dejuan Pettis.

Video from a nearby landscaping business and police dash camera detail the exact moment a Warren police car collided with another vehicle.

Burke was driving a marked Warren police patrol car going at speeds more than 115 mph when it crashed into a Dodge Durango that Hayden Jr. and Pettis were in. Police say a chase was not ongoing and lights and sirens were not activated.

Watch the video report below: Video showing deadly accident invol

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