CENTRAL ISLIP, NY : Prosecutor eyes upgraded charges in fatal dirt bike crash on Thursday, June 22, 2017

Prosecutors say criminal charges may be upgraded against a man driving a minivan involved in a crash that killed two people riding his brother’s suspected stolen dirt bike.

Christopher Bouchard of Mastic, on Long Island, was arraigned Friday on a reckless endangerment charge. He was held on $400,000 bond.

Prosecutors say Bouchard’s brother reported his dirt bike stolen around 7 a.m. Thursday. Several hours later, the brothers reportedly learned that someone was riding the bike in nearby North Bellport.

Police say he and his brother pursued the bike in the minivan before the two vehicles collided in North Bellport.

The operator of the dirt bike, 19-year-old Keenen King, of Shirley, and passenger, 20-year-old Anthony Holmes-Garriques, of North Bellport, were killed.

Bouchard’s attorney said his client “never intended to hurt anybody.”

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Prosecutor eyes upgraded charges in fatal dirt bike crash