“You took a huge risk, a selfish, almost sociopathic risk,” Montgomery County Circuit Judge Mary Beth McCormick told the driver, Ogulcan Atakoglu. She noted how River Road has traffic lights ...

At about 7 p.m. on Feb. 27, 20-year-old Ogulcan Atakoglu of Potomac was driving a BMW M series 235i at 115 mph in a 45 mph zone at the intersection of River Road and Braeburn Parkway in Bethesda ...

On February 27, Ogulcan Atakoglu, 21, was zooming down westbound River Road in a metallic blue BMW M235 that his parents had purchased for him. The sports car’s odometer was at an astonishing ...

Ogulcan Atakoglu broke down into violent sobs as a judge ordered him held until his sentencing in November. Atakoglu had just entered a guilty plea to three counts of vehicular manslaughter as ...

Emotions ran raw in the Montgomery County Circuit courtroom Friday afternoon as Judge Mary Beth McCormick sentenced 21-year-old Ogulcan Atakoglu to 30 years in prison, with all but 12 years suspended.

Ogulcan Atakoglu of Potomac pleaded guilty to speeding, unsafe lane change and reckless driving on Interstate 270 in April 2013. He was cited for driving 85 miles per hour in a 55 mile per hour zone.

The evening of Feb. 27, 20-year-old Ogulcan Atakoglu of Potomac was driving a BMW west on River Road when it struck a Chevy Volt turning left on Pyle Road from the eastbound lanes of River Road.

The driver of the other car, 20-year-old Ogulcan Atakoglu, has been hospitalized and is expected to survive. Atakoglu's attorney, David Felsen, says Atakoglu was traveling within the speed limit ...

The Washington Post reports that 21-one-year-old Ogulcan Atakoglu was sentenced Friday in Montgomery County Circuit Court. He pleaded guilty to three counts of vehicular manslaughter.

The Potomac man behind a deadly crash on River Road was sentenced Friday. Ogulcan Atakoglu was ordered to spend 12 years in jail for the accident that killed three members of the Buarque de Macedo ...

ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — A man who prosecutors say was driving 115 mph when his car slammed into a vehicle and killed three people has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. The Washington Post ...