Woman Sentenced To Prison For 2023 Crash That Killed Fraser Teacher

GROSSE POINTE WOODS, MI — A Grosse Pointe Woods woman was sentenced to prison Friday after she fatally struck a 23-year-old Fraser High School teacher while driving drunk.

Brooke Lynn-Denise Charles, 25, was sentenced to 5-15 years in prison by a Wayne County judge. She pleaded no contest in November to a charge of operating a vehicle while under the influence causing death, according to court records.

A no contest plea is the same as a guilty plea in Michigan.

She was originally charged with operating while intoxicated causing death, failure to stop at the scene of a crash resulting in death and assaulting/resisting a police officer. The latter two charges were dismissed, according to court records.

Connor McMahon, from Roseville, was on the right shoulder of eastbound Interstate 94 near Vernier Road changing a flat tire on June 13, 2023 at 10:22 p.m. when Charles crashed into him and his vehicle, according to Michigan State Police.

McMahon was killed in the crash, police said.

Police said Charles ran away on foot after the crash, but Harper Woods officers quickly captured her and arrested her in connection with the crash.

During the foot chase, police said Charles injured an officer and bit a state trooper.

McMahon was a social studies teacher at Fraser Public High school, where he also graduated from in 2017, officials said.

"Connor’s passing is a heartbreaking tragedy," principal Ryan Sines said. "He just finished his first year as a social studies teacher at Fraser High School and was so excited to be teaching at his alma mater."

Sines added that McMahon "was always willing to go above and beyond for his colleagues and students, and will truly be missed by all who knew him."