CARROLLTON, Ga. (Court TV) — The mayor of a small Georgia city is standing trial for a second time on charges he killed two teenagers and injured two others while he was a state trooper.

Anthony James ‘A.J.’ Scott is charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter. (City of Buchanan, Ga.)

Anthony James “A.J.” Scott is the mayor of Buchanan, Georgia, but the charges he’s facing stem from his time as a trooper with Georgia State Patrol. Scott is charged with two counts of second-degree homicide by vehicle as well as two counts of serious injury by vehicle, violation of oath by public officer, speeding and reckless driving.

Prosecutors say Scott was speeding while driving north on U.S. Highway 27 in his patrol car when he slammed into a vehicle heading south with four people inside. The

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