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Dec 11, 2009 1:58 pm US/Central

Man Collapses, Dies While Fleeing Hit-And-Run

HOMEWOOD (Sun-Times Media Wire) ― A Glenwood man who caused a crash in south suburban Homewood suffered an apparent heart attack while attempting to elude police Thursday morning.

About 9:20 a.m. Thursday, police responded to a hit-and-run crash at 17910 Halsted St., according to Homewood police Sgt. Mike MacDonald.

A van, which did not have the right-of-way, was attempting to cross Halsted against traffic when it was t-boned by another vehicle, MacDonald said. The driver of the van fled before abandoning the vehicle two blocks away.

The man then fled on foot, attempting to elude police, MacDonald said. He ran into a Jewel grocery at 17705 Halsted St. where he collapsed from an apparent heart attack, MacDonald said.

The man, identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner's office as Mark Letke, 49, had an active DUI warrant out for his arrest and was driving on a revoked and suspended license, MacDonald said.

Letke was pronounced dead at 10:28 a.m. Thursday at Advocate South Suburban Hospital in Hazel Crest, according to the medical examiner's office.

The driver of the vehicle that struck Letke's van was not injured.

An autopsy is scheduled for later Friday.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2009. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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