Two people are facing DUI charges after a traffic crash left a pedestrian dead Friday night in southwest suburban Joliet.
About 8:30 p.m., a Mazda sedan was pulling out from a parking lot at the southeast corner of Hickory Street and Western Avenue when it struck a westbound Hyundai on Western, Joliet police Deputy Chief Edgar Gregory said.
The impact sent the vehicles to the northwest corner of the intersection, where 56-year-old Mark A. Cipolla was standing, according to Gregory and the Will County sheriff’s office.
Cipolla, of the 300 block of North Ottawa in Joliet, was pinned under the Hyundai, police said. Emergency crews extricated him and took him to Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, where he was pronounced dead at 9:19 p.m., authorities said.
Both drivers, 21-year-old Jefferson Davis and 18-year-old Oscar A. Garduno Lopez, were arrested , authorities said.
Garduno Lopez, of the 0–100 block of North Hunter Avenue in Joliet, was charged with aggravated; misdemeanor counts of DUI and possession of cannabis; and cited for driving without insurance and driving with a suspended license.
Davis, of the 1300 block of Emington Lane in Minooka, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, Gregory said.
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Garduno Lopez was ordered held on a $500,000 bond, and is next scheduled to appear in court April 13, according to the Will County sheriff’s office. Court information for Davis was not available Tuesday.
