Father, teenagers indicted in 2003 racing deaths

<p>The father of a girl indicted on vehicular homicide charges has been indicted himself for knowingly allowing his daughter to drive the unsafe car now linked to two deaths, prosecutors said.</p><p>James Jennings, 43, was indicted Wednesday, a day after his daughter and her friend were indicted for a drag racing incident that resulted in the deaths of Julia Burns, 61, and Jacob Miller, 17.</p><p>The father permitted his daughter to drive her BMW with worn-out brakes and bald tires, Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter said.</p><p>Wendy Jennings, 18, and Susan Osley, 19, were indicted Wednesday for a March 2003 incident in which authorities allege that Jennings challenged Osley to race their BMWs on Peachtree Parkway and Medlock Bridge Road in Norcross. The two raced at speeds up to 90 mph, police said.</p><p>Jennings, then-16, crossed a grassy median in her vehicle and struck another car and flipped on top of it, killing its driver, Burns. Jennings' passenger, Miller, the boy she hoped to marry, was also killed.</p><p>___</p><p>HASH(0x286820c)</p>

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