SUV went airborne at 85 mph before slamming into Peninsula Hotel, killing passenger: police

A man accused of barreling a Chevy Equinox into a five-star Mag Mile hotel at nearly 85 mph, killing his back-seat passenger, has been ordered detained on felony charges.

John Walker, 40, was arrested this week after Chicago police determined he sped through red lights and stop signs across Streeterville in the early morning hours of April 19, ending in a crash that left 40-year-old Emmanuel Carter dead.

Surveillance video captured Walker climbing behind the wheel of the SUV around 2:36 a.m. in the 300 block of West Chicago Avenue, a CPD report said…

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