Westbound Colfax closed between Oswego, Peoria for hit-and-run crash with pedestrian
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DENVER (KDVR) — Westbound lanes of Colfax Avenue were closed in Aurora on Saturday night for a hit-and-run crash between a vehicle and a pedestrian.
The Aurora Police Department reported that the crash occurred between Oswego and Peoria Streets. The agency reported the crash at about 8:45 p.m.
A department public information officer told FOX31 that officers were canvassing the area in search of a white or silver pickup truck with a black bed.
Police said the area would be closed for several hours and recommended that motorists take 13th Avenue or 17th Avenue as alternate westbound routes.
A pedestrian involved had been taken to a local hospital with serious injuries.
Details were sparse on Saturday, but investigators were headed to the scene. The area is near the UCHealth Anschutz campus and Mount Nebo Cemetery.
Nearby, at the cross streets of East 16th Avenue and Oswego Street, a fatal police shooting occurred earlier this summer.