Driver gets 6 months in jail for fatally striking pedestrian in Buffalo

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo man received a split sentence of six months in jail followed by five years of probation for fatally striking a pedestrian with a vehicle last December, the Erie County District Attorney's Office announced.Curtis L. Hall, Jr., 37, was driving a vehicle at a high rate of speed while under the influence of alcohol when he struck 69-year-old Michael T. Cosgrove the night of Dec. 15 on the 1000 block of William Street in Buffalo, officials said. Cosgrove was crossing