PEDESTRIAN KILLED; POLICE LOOK FOR DRIVER
A pedestrian was killed Monday night in Denver in a hit-and-run crash and police are asking for the public’s help in finding the driver.
The incident happened at 7:50 p.m. in the 1800 block of West Mississippi Avenue, according to police.
The male driver of a 2014 white Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck with Colorado license plate ABS-X81 was involved in a non-injury crash in a parking lot in the 1000 block of South Raritan Street, police said.
The driver fled that scene at a high speed and lost control of the truck turning westbound onto Mississippi, hitting a 49-year-old woman who was on the north sidewalk, police said. The driver fled and the victim was taken to a hospital where she died from her injuries.
A Medina Alert was issued for the truck, but the vehicle and driver had not been located as of Tuesday afternoon. The truck was last seen at about 8:30 p.m. Monday in the area of South Santa Fe Drive and C-470.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of the suspect or the truck is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.
Microburst topples trees, power lines in University Hills. A microburst passed through Denver’s University Hills neighborhood during the lunch hour Tuesday, knocking over power lines and trees.
The Denver Fire Department responded to six calls in the area at the same time, fire department spokesman Greg Pixley said.
The short, intense storm with strong winds “created havoc with electrical lines,” he said. Some houses caught fire, but the amount of damage had not been determined.
Drive-by shooting injures two. Two men were injured Sunday night in a drive-by shooting, Lakewood police said.
Police began receiving calls about the incident around 10:37 p.m. Sunday. According to police, there were 10 to 15 people gathered at a house party in the 5400 block of Sixth Avenue Frontage Road when a dark SUV drove by and fired several shots into the group.
Two adult males were in critical condition, police said. No suspect information has been released.