A judge today ordered a Confluence man to stand trial on charges that he led police on a high-speed chase in Fayette County last fall and crashed into another car, killing its driver.

Christopher Anthony Kemp, 27, sped away from authorities on Route 40 in Wharton the evening of Oct. 13 to avoid arrest for driving with a suspended license, police said.

Mr. Kemp is accused of driving in the wrong lane in excess of 115 mph, causing several vehicles to collide and narrowly avoiding a crash with a state police vehicle. The chase ended when he crashed head-on into a car at Rankin Road in front of Juds & Suds Car Wash.

That driver, Erik James Yannitelli, 22, of Farmington, was killed. The passenger in Mr. Kemp’s car, Jeffrey K. Dean Jr., was taken to Uniontown Hospital.

All charges, including homicide, homicide by vehicle, aggravated assault, fleeing and eluding police and other offenses were held for court at a preliminary hearing before District Judge Michael M. Metros.

First Published: January 27, 2016, 10:10 p.m.