Police charge man with DUI deaths walker

Authorities have charged a 38-year-old man with the deaths of two walkers early Thursday morning as they crossed 95th Street near Cottage Grove Avenue.
Davon Hall, 38, is scheduled to appear in bond court Saturday on two counts of aggravated driving under the influence and causing an accident and death, and misdemeanor marijuana possession.
Bernard Donald, 58, and Loretta Press, 35, both died from injuries suffered when they were hit by the car, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. 

Hall was also cited for driving on a suspended license, failure to reduce speed, and for not exercising “due care” to avoid hitting a pedestrian.
Hall was arrested at his home on the 9400 block of South Champlain Street about 15 minutes after the crash, according to police. 

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Immediately after the 2:45 a.m. wreck, police were given a “flash message” to be on the lookout for a car that was missing its grill when it sped westbound on 95th Street after hitting the pedestrians, police said.
Police in a marked squad car spotted the Altima and noticed its front end appeared to be “smoking,’’ so officers followed it to what turned out to be the driver's home on the 9400 block of South Champlain Avenue, police said.
The car had “Vast” front-end damage to its windshield and hood. A piece of clothing was still stuck in the windshield, according to police, who said it appeared to be a hood from one of the victims’ jackets.
The travels in a privately owned automobile emerged from a garage with his hands up and told officers: “I made a mistake; I fled the scene. They jumped out right in front of my car,’’ according to an arrest report.

Eastern Turkey struck by Strong 7.2 magnitude Earthquake deaths and injuries

Up to 1,000 feared dead in magnitude-7.2 Turkish quake
Powerful 7.2 earthquake collapses around 45 buildings in eastern Turkey; reports of deaths
Several deaths after 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes eastern Turkey
UPDATE: 7.2 quake in Turkey kills 30, injuries 150
Turkey's state-run television says a powerful quake has killed 30 people and injured 150 others in the eastern town of Ercis.
 

 

 

 “My wife and child are inside! My 4-month-old baby is inside!” CNN-Turk television showed one young man crying.

 A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck mountainous eastern Turkey on Sunday, collapsing dozens of buildings into piles of twisted steel and chunks of concrete. Desperate survivors dug into the rubble with their bare hands, trying to rescue the trapped and injured. The worst damage hit the town of Ercis, in the mountainous eastern province of Van, close to the Iranian border.
Turkey's state-run State-run TRT TV reports that the earthquake has killed 30 people and injured 150 in the eastern town of Ercis.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) _ The Turkish Red Crescent says 25 apartment buildings and one dormitory in the eastern town of Ercis have collapsed following a large earthquake.
Van province at 1:41 p.m, which was 6:41 a.m. Eastern Standard Time here in the US. The quake was strongly felt in Van and neighboring towns, and caused damage and deaths based on initial assessments reported.
To the other survey Up to 1,000 people were feared dead after a magnitude-7.2 earthquake rocked eastern Turkey on Sunday.
"Five hundred to 1,000 people are estimated to have been killed in the quake," Professor Mustafa Erdik, director of the Kandilli seismological institute in Istanbul, told a news conference.
BBC reporter David O'Byrne: "There are people trapped under the rubble"
Turkey is particularly vulnerable to earthquakes because it sits on major geological fault lines.
Two earthquakes in 1999 with a magnitude of more than 7 killed almost 20,000 people in densely populated parts of the north-west of the country.
The 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck at 11:40am Irish time, around 12 miles northeast of the town of Yan, which has a population of around 400,000.

Turkey's prime minister to meet with Egypt's leaders

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan lands in Egypt for talks as both nations are experiencing rifts with Israel over its military actions and the Palestinian issue.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to meet with Egyptian leaders Tuesday to strengthen strategic ties at a time both nations are experiencing deepening rifts with Israel over military actions and the fate of the Palestinians.