Driver in Fatal Rickenbacker Causeway Hit and Run in Court

The suspect in a hit and run crash on the Rickenbacker Causeway that killed a cyclist was in court Friday for unrelated drug charge proceedings. Michele Traverso, 25, appeared before Miami-Dade Drug Court Judge Deborah White-Labora for ongoing proceedings related to previous cocaine and marijuana possession charges. Traverso took a drug test at court, which he passed. “There has been a lot of speculation about my client so in order to address that I ordered the most comprehensive test and he is perfectly clean,” Traverso’s attorney, Ramon de la Cabada said. “He was in rehab and was doing great.”