ORLEANS, Mass. -- A man is facing charges in the crash that killed his girlfriend, a recent Yale University graduate whose final newspaper column drew national attention.
Police say 22-year-old Michael Gocksch, of Centerport, N.Y., has been summoned in Massachusetts for a hearing on charges including motor vehicle homicide by reckless operation.
Gocksch was driving when 22-year-old Marina Keegan, of Wayland, Mass., died in the May 26 rollover on their way to a birthday dinner for Keegan's father. The couple had graduated from Yale days earlier.
Keegan's last column for the student newspaper spread across the Internet after her death. The column addressed the anxiety that came with the feeling of losing the web of friendship in college.


Marina Keegan's Boyfriend Will Not Be Charged In Yale Grad's Death

Marina Keegan
07/05/12 
ORLEANS, Mass. — A New York man won't face charges in the crash that killed his girlfriend, a recent Yale University graduate whose final student newspaper column drew national attention.
The Cape Cod Times ( ) reports that an Orleans District Court clerk magistrate ruled Thursday that there was no probable cause to charge Michael Gocksch of Centerport, N.Y. with motor vehicle homicide by reckless operation. http://bit.ly/M2rrFu
The 22-year-old Gocksch was driving when 22-year-old Marina Keegan of Wayland, Mass., died in the May 26 rollover on Route 6 in Dennis. The couple had graduated from Yale days earlier.
State police said speed wasn't a factor and both were wearing seatbelts. Keegan's father has said Gocksch fell asleep at the wheel.
Keegan died days after urging her peers to "make something happen to this world" in her final column, which spread across the Internet.