Grosse Pointe Woods woman charged after hit-and-run that killed man who was changing tire on I-94
Brooke Lynn Denise Charles
GROSSE POINTE WOODS, Mich. (FOX 2) - A Grosse Pointe Woods woman is accused of fleeing the scene after hitting and killing a man on I-94 last week.
Brooke Lynn Denise Charles, 25, was arraigned over the weekend on charges of operating while intoxicated causing death, failure to stop at the scene of a crash resulting in death, and assaulting/resisting a police officer in connection with the June 13 hit-and-run.
Connor McMahon, 23, was changing his tire on the shoulder of the freeway near Eight Mile in Harper Woods when he was hit and killed around 10:30 p.m.
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Charles is accused of running from the crash. When she was caught after a brief foot chase, she was taken to a hospital to have her blood drawn because police suspected she was under the influence.
She was given a $50,000 cash bond.