Charges are dropped against teens in the death of teacher killed during prank gone wrong

A Georgia prosecutor said Friday that he had dismissed vehicular homicide charges against a high school student who fatally struck his math teacher during a prank last week

A Georgia prosecutor said Friday that he had dismissed vehicular homicide charges against a high school student who fatally struck his math teacher during a prank last week.

Hall County District Attorney Lee Darragh confirmed the dismissal to NBC News without comment.

The family of Jason Hughes, the North Hall High School teacher who was killed, had called for the charges to be dropped.

In addition to the homicide charge, the prosecutor dismissed reckless driving, criminal trespass and littering charges against Jayden Wallace, 18, in connection with the death of Hughes, 40, on March 6.

Darragh also dismissed criminal trespassing and littering charges against four other 18-year-old students who were present when Hughes was run over outside his home in Gainesville, northeast of Atlanta.