Judge denies request to drop charges against teen passenger in hit-and-run that killed 13-year-old Commerce Twp. girl

Judge denies request to drop charges against teen passenger in hit-and-run that killed 13-year-old Commerce Twp. girl

An Oakland County judge has denied an attorney’s motion to quash charges of manslaughter and reckless driving causing death for a teen charged in connection with a hit-and-run crash in Walled Lake that killed a young girl last year. Judge Victoria Valentine made her ruling Wednesday in the case against Gavin Kassab,19, of Commerce Township, a passenger in a Jeep Gladiator that slammed into several vehicles on March 22, 2023, leading to the death…