A Rome man has been arrested and charged in a crash that claimed the lives of two people early Saturday morning on Turner McCall Boulevard.

According to Rome Police:

At around 1:37 a.m., an officer observed a black Dodge Charger turning east from Lavender Drive onto Shorter Avenue.

The vehicle was traveling at an extremely high rate of speed.

The officer initiated a pursuit of the suspect vehicle.

However, the Charger quickly vanished, prompting the officer to discontinue a pursuit and issue a lookout to all nearby units.

Moments later, another officer, traveling south on Riverside Parkway, spotted the Charger at a distance still speeding eastbound on Turner McCall Boulevard.

Upon activating emergency lights and attempting to follow the Charger, the officer arrived at the scene of a severe head-on collision involving the Charger and a Honda Accord.

Afterward, it was discovered that the fleeing vehicle was a Redeye edition – which is equipped with a supercharger and generates 797 horsepower.

Tragically, the collision resulted in the deaths of the driver of the Honda, Kadrian Harris, and a passenger in the Honda, Malik Hendersonas . A third occupant, a 1-year-old child was critically injured.

The occupants of the Charger sustained minor injuries and were hospitalized.

The driver of the Dodge, Omar Alejandro Garcia is charged with two counts of vehicular homicide, one count of serious injury by vehicle, DUI, driving without a license, fleeing or attempting to elude, reckless driving, and driving too fast for conditions.