A former Nesquehoning police officer has pleaded guilty to causing a May 2014 crash that killed a woman and injured her husband.

Steven Homanko, 27, pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide and related charges in Carbon County Court on Tuesday.

He admitted to causing the May 14, 2014, crash that killed 69-year-old Carola Sauers and injured her husband, Michael.

Investigators found that just before the crash Homanko's police cruiser was traveling more than 100 mph.

Homanko said he was in pursuit of a vehicle that had committed a traffic violation. But police said that the department had a policy where they did not engage in high-speed pursuit in cases that only involved a traffic violation.

He pleaded guilty on Tuesday to one count of vehicular homicide, the most serious charge he was facing. He also pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment, failure to keep right and careless driving. In exchange, prosecutors agreed to drop four lesser charges.

The case was prosecuted by the state Attorney General's office, and heard by a retired judge from Bucks County.

All three Carbon County Common Pleas Court judges recused themselves from the case because of Homanko's job as a police officer in the county.

Sentencing will be Oct. 12.