A Jim Thorpe man who was the driver in a crash that killed two Albrightsville teens in 2015 has been charged with vehicular homicide.

Charges were filed by Pennsylvania State Police at Fern Ridge against Tegan Lestat Kane, 19, of Rhododendron Circle, on Monday in the deaths of Jasmine Fonseca, 15, and Taylor Shepherdson, 16, both cheerleaders at Jim Thorpe Area High School. He was arraigned before District Judge Eric Schrantz of Jim Thorpe on Thursday.Kane was driving the vehicle that the two were in when he lost control while traveling on Route 903 during a downpour and crashed into another vehicle on his way home from practice at Jim Thorpe Area High School in August 2015. Both girls died at the scene, while two others, Kane's brother Korben Kane and Taylor Schmidt, sustained serious injuries.In addition to vehicular homicide, Kane is charged with aggravated assault by vehicle, involuntary manslaughter, simple assault, speeding, careless driving and reckless driving, and recklessly endangering another person.According to the affidavit, on Aug. 20, 2015, police responded to a crash on Route 903 near the intersection of Weiler Road, Penn Forest Township.When they arrived, troopers saw a Chevrolet Uplander on the right shoulder of Route 903 southbound and a Buick Enclave in the southbound travel lane.There was extensive damage to both vehicles and fire and emergency personnel were tending to multiple passengers.Troopers spoke with Kane, who told him he had five passengers in the vehicle at the time of the crash.The people in the Enclave, identified as Verner and Gail Drohan of New York, also were injured.Kane told police he was traveling north on Route 903 when he lost control of the vehicle. He didn't remember what happened next.In the days following the crash, state police reconstructed the scene and determined that Kane was traveling between 76 and 78 mph just before losing control. It was noted the tread on his vehicle's tires were below state inspection regulations and would have failed inspection.It was also determined that Kane's actions resulted in the deaths of the two girls.Kane faces a preliminary hearing before Schrantz on May 10.