A man has been charged with a string of serious driving offences after he allegedly crashed a stolen ute into another vehicle, killing two men, in Sydney's inner west.
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Raymond Lomas, 33, will face the Downing Centre Local Court on Friday following the high-speed crash on the Princes Highway at St Peters just after 4.30am on Thursday.
Among the charges he is facing are two counts of dangerous driving occasioning death and one count of negligent driving occasioning death.
Police will allege in court that Mr Lomas, from Waterloo, was disqualified from driving when he stole a Toyota Hilux ute during a home invasion in Sydney this week.
He is accused of leading police on three separate police pursuits through the city in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Police say they terminated those pursuits when they became too dangerous. About 10 minutes after the last chase ended, Mr Lomas allegedly sped through a red light at the intersection between the Princes Highway and Canal Road and crashed into a blue Hyundai sedan.
Two men travelling in the sedan - Alex Theodore, 62, and Junior Saini, 49 - were killed in the crash. They had been driving towards Silverwater, where they were due to start early shifts at a printing company.
Police will allege in court that Mr Lomas tried to run from the crash scene.
A police dog squad car was waiting at the same set of traffic lights where the crash occurred, and saw it unfold. The officers arrested Mr Lomas as he allegedly tried to flee.
Mr Lomas suffered injuries to his leg during the arrest and was taken to hospital for treatment.
On Friday morning he was also charged with driving a conveyance taken without the consent of the owner; driving a motor vehicle during a disqualification period; failing to stop and assist after a vehicle impact causing death; driving recklessly, furiously or speeding in a dangerous manner; not giving particulars to other drivers; not wearing a seatbelt; two counts of break and enter and commiting a serious indictable offence; not stopping during a police pursuit; two counts of not stopping at a stop line or red light; and breaching bail.
He was refused police bail before Friday's court appearance.