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A police officer has been charged over his role in the death of two teenagers during the high-speed pursuit of a home-invasion suspect in Louisiana.
Officer David Cauthron, who works for the police in the community of Addis, was arrested Sunday evening, WBRZ reported.
He is charged with two counts of negligent homicide and one count of negligent injuring, District Attorney Tony Clayton told the station.
Maggie Dunn, 17, and Caroline Gill, 16, were killed when their car was struck by a police cruiser Saturday morning on a state highway. A third person in the car was critically injured.