Former Warren, Michigan, police officer James Burke faces two felony counts of homicide-manslaughter with a motor vehicle after he drove a police SUV at nearly 115 mph, crashing into a Dodge Durango and killing Cedric Hayden Jr. and DeJuan Pettis in September 2024. The high-speed collision occurred in a 40 mph zone. Burke was responding to a “be on the lookout” alert but was not using his emergency lights or sirens. Macomb County Sheriff’s Deputy Joseph Bosek testified that Burke’s vehicle reached 114.9 mph five seconds before impact and 93.8 mph at the moment of collision.
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