India, Nov. 7 -- Authorities have charged 22-year-old active-duty Marine Malik Jeremiah Thomas with two counts of aggravated manslaughter. Virginia State Police said Thomas drove under the influence and crashed into a family's SUV on Interstate 95 in Stafford County on Friday. The crash killed a mother and her young child.

Thomas, of Fredericksburg, was initially arrested on a DUI charge before prosecutors upgraded the case later Friday. Stafford Commonwealth's Attorney Eric Olsen announced that Thomas now faces two counts of aggravated manslaughter, with each charge carrying a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison if convicted.

According to Virginia State Police, the collision occurred at about 1:53 am Friday near mile marker 141 on n...