John is driving his sports car at 110 miles an hour in a 45 mile per hour speed zone. The roadway is a windy and hilly rural two-lane road. The sports car tops a hill just as a farmer pulling a wagon with a tractor is crossing the road just beyond the crest of the hill. John is unable to avoid the tractor and crashes into it. The farmer is killed instantly as is a farmhand who is riding on the trailer. Under Texas law, the most serious offense John has committed is:
A) no offense because the deaths were an accident.
B) capital murder because he killed two individuals in the same incident.
C) manslaughter because operating the automobile at such a high speed under those road conditions constitutes reckless behavior.
D) murder because at high speed an automobile is considered a deadly weapon.
C
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