Charlottesville man falls to his death at Downtown Mall
A 19-year-old Charlottesville man died Friday night after he fell from his Downtown Mall loft apartment.
William Dean was pronounced dead at 10:50 p.m., despite the efforts of medical personnel called by citizens who heard Dean fall.
Police said no foul play was involved in Dean's death, and that he either fell or jumped to his death on the pavement outside Hamilton's Restaurant and Terry Dean's dance studio.
Dean's apartment was located in the same building as the dance studio owned by his father.
Charlottesville police said the investigation still is underway.
Gulf storm dumps rain, inflicts minor flood damage
Tropical storm Hanna was downgraded to a tropical depression Saturday after drenching Alabama and the Florida panhandle with four inches of rain.
The storm moved inland and dispersed over Georgia, though flood watches remained in effect in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.
Rain from the storm continued through the weekend, dousing areas as far north as Virginia and Kentucky.
The most damage occurred in Dauphin Island, Ala., where one end of the island was heavily flooded and power was lost. Trees and power lines crumpled in the path of the storm as it moved overland, but winds dropped to 20 mph soon after, ending the threat of major damage.
One swimmer off the Florida coast reportedly disappeared in heavy surf generated by the storm and is presumed drowned.
Hanna was the eighth tropical storm of the 2002 storm season, which began June 1. So far only one storm, Gustav, has developed into a hurricane.
-- Compiled by Nick Chapin
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