Tag: Pedestrian Deaths
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Pedestrian fatalities soar 50% in Denver, city officials say
The number of pedestrians who have lost their lives in traffic crashes has jumped by 50% over last year, according to city transportation officials. Year-to-date in 2025, 25 pedestrians have died on Denver streets compared to 16 during the same time frame in 2024. Of those 25 fatalities, six occurred on local highways, Denver Department…
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Aurora police issue 22 pedestrian, 7 driver tickets in safety campaign
Aurora Police Department officers handed out 22 tickets to pedestrians and six tickets to drivers in a two-day traffic enforcement operation with pedestrian safety in mind, police said Thursday. On Wednesday, APD officers ran an enforcement operation along Colfax Avenue focused on pedestrians, citing and educating people not obeying signals and signs, police said. Officers…
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Impaired driving deaths drop in Colorado, but pedestrian fatalities increase
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Multiple pedestrians hit and killed in the Denver region
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado recorded the highest number of pedestrian fatalities in the state’s history in 2022 with 115 people killed while walking on Colorado roads. Denver foot traffic made up around 30% of those calculated deaths with 26. Denver has already recorded 24 fatal pedestrian crashes in…
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Pedestrian killed after being hit by vehicle on I-76 in Wheat Ridge
A man was killed Monday night after he has hit by a vehicle on Interstate 76, the Wheat Ridge Police Department announced. Police said the collision happened at 9:15 p.m. on eastbound I-76 near Marshall Street. The man was walking on the side of the interstate when a passing vehicle struck him, causing fatal injuries,…
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Pedestrian killed after being hit by vehicle near Regis University
A pedestrian was fatally struck by a vehicle late Saturday night near Regis University, the Denver Police Department announced. Police said the pedestrian was walking in the road about 11 p.m. when he was hit by the vehicle near the 5000 block of North Federal Boulevard. The pedestrian, identified only as a man, was pronounced…
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Cyclist killed after being hit by suspected DUI driver in Lakewood
A woman was killed while riding her bicycle Sunday morning after a driver suspected of being under the influence of drugs struck her, the Lakewood Police Department announced. Police said the woman was riding her bike east in the West Alameda Parkway bike lane about 10 a.m. A man driving a sedan on Alameda drifted…
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Teen driver found guilty in hit-and-run death of pedestrian in Aurora
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An Arapahoe County jury has found 19-year-old Christian Fehr guilty in the hit-and-run death of a pedestrian in Aurora in 2019. Fehr was found guilty last week of vehicular homicide, reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident involving death. The jury deliberated for…
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Pedestrian hit, killed by A Line train near Peoria Station
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A pedestrian was killed early Sunday morning after being struck by an RTD A Line train near the Peoria Station, the Denver Police Department said. Police said the collision happened just before 5:30 a.m. on Smith Road between Havana Street and Peoria Street, next to the Denver County Jail. Witnesses told police that the pedestrian…
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Woman fatally struck by driver in Denver’s Hampden South neighborhood
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