Police investigating two separate pedestrian crashes in Denver
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Denver police are looking for a driver who left the scene of a crash that injured a pedestrian Sunday morning.
Officers were investigating the crash in the area of East Bruce Randolph Avenue and North York Street in the Cole neighborhood just east of downtown Denver, police said just before 3:30 a.m. on social media.
The pedestrian was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
The Denver police are also investigating a pedestrian and multi-vehicle traffic crash that occurred in the area of E. 17th Avenue and Vine Street, which occurred around 5 p.m. Saturday evening.
The pedestrian was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries.
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