WOMAN KILLED, MAN HURT IN HIT-AND-RUN
A woman died and a man suffered serious injuries after a hit-and-run Friday night in an alley near South Broadway and East Ellsworth Avenue.
Denver police arrested one person. The suspect was identified as Jason Brown, 41. He was being held for investigation of felony hit-and-run resulting in death.
The names of the victims have not been released.
Sign honors officer killed in 1929. The Denver Police Museum unveiled a memorial sign Saturday to honor one of the 72 officers who have been killed in the line of duty during the Denver Police Department’s 158year history.
Officer Thomas J. Durkin was killed in a hit-and-run on Jan. 5, 1929. He was the grandfather of retired Denver Police Chief Thomas Coogan.
Members of Durkin’s family flew in from across the country.
The ceremony was at the corner of Speer Boulevard and Broadway.
Ozone alert until 4 p.m. Sunday. An ozone-action alert has been put into effect for metro Denver and the rest of the Front Range this weekend.
The Regional Air Quality Council and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment issued the alert as hot temperatures, clear skies and light-to-moderate winds tend to lead to increased ground-level ozone pollution. It will be in effect until 4 p.m. Sunday.
This pollution, created from emission from everyday things such as gas-powered vehicles and lawn equipment, can affect healthy people working or exercising outside after prolonged periods, causing breathing difficulties, eye irritation and a weakened resistance to lung infections and colds.
The pollution can be especially harmful to the young and elderly, as well as to people with pre-existing health conditions, such as asthma.
Man found dead after Fort Collins fire ● fort collins» A man was found dead in his Fort Collins apartment by Poudre Fire Authority firefighters, who had received reports of smoke coming from the unit at about 1 p.m. Saturday.
Firefighters could not see smoke on the outside when they first arrived at Whispering Pines Apartments at East Drake Road and Stover Street. But once inside the apartment, they found a fire on the stove.
The man’s name and cause of death have not been released as the coroner’s office was notifying the man’s next of kin.