PEDESTRIAN HIT BY DRIVER IN AURORA DIES

A pedestrian died after being hit by a motorist on Monday in Aurora, police said.

The incident happened at about 10:35 p.m. near East Colfax Avenue and Moline Street, police said in a news release. The man who was hit was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The man was crossing Colfax east of the Moline crosswalk, when he was hit by the driver of a Toyota Camry that was eastbound and had just gone through a green light.

“The driver, an adult male, did not see the pedestrian as he stepped into traffic,” the release said. “The driver was unable to stop in time and struck the pedestrian.”

The driver remained on scene and was cooperative with officers, police said. An investigation is ongoing. Monday’s incident is the 20th traffic-related fatality this year in Aurora.

Man arrested after accidental discharge, death.

One man was arrested after an accidental discharge of a firearm turned deadly, according to the Commerce City Police Department.

At about 6:15 p.m. Sunday, officers were dispatched to the 11800 block of Jasper Street for a man who had reportedly been shot.

When officers arrived, they found a man who had been shot once. He was taken to a local hospital and later died from his injuries.

According to Commerce City police, an initial investigation revealed this may have been an accidental discharge of a firearm. Investigators made contact with the other person involved, who is cooperating with police, according to the department.

Danuel Smith, 51, was arrested for manslaughter.

The investigation is ongoing, according to police.

Motorcyclist dies after I-70 crash.

A motorcyclist has died after a crash in Denver last week.

The crash between the driver of a motor vehicle and the motorcyclist happened Friday morning on westbound Interstate 70 just west of Interstate 270, police said on Twitter.

On Tuesday, police announced the motorcyclist had died. An investigation is ongoing.

Teen sentenced to jail in hit-and- run.

An 18-yearold Florida high school senior who pleaded guilty Monday to a hit-and-run felony charge as part of a plea agreement will begin a 25-day county jail sentence May 30.

“I hit Mr. (Dave) Rossi as he was crossing the street and then left the scene of the accident,” defendant Spencer Diamond told Pitkin County District Judge Chris Seldin of the December incident in downtown Aspen.

Diamond pleaded guilty to the Class 4 felony charge of leaving the scene of a Dec. 21 accident with serious bodily injury. A conviction carries a presumptive prison range of two to six years, but the plea agreement strayed from those guidelines given Diamond’s age and her admission of guilt and remorse, attorneys said. She also was not intoxicated at the time of the collision, according to prosecutor Don Nottingham.

Diamond agreed to supervised probation for the next two years as part of the agreement.

Diamond is the daughter of Aspenite Sue Hostetler, who is married to billionaire William Wrigley Jr.