A 41-year-old woman turned herself in to police this afternoon, admitting she was the driver who hit and badly injured a female motorcyclist Sunday and fled the scene.
Renee Montano of Denver turned herself in to the Lakewood Police Department around 1 p.m. today. She was turned over to the custody of the State Patrol and has been charged with careless driving causing injury, and failure to remain at the scene.
The motorcyclist, Michelle Zoril, 21, of Golden, was stopped at a red light just before 1 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of U.S. 40 and U.S. 6 in Jefferson County when she was struck from behind, according to the Colorado State Patrol. She was thrown from the bike and broke her back.
Troopers got a lucky break when they found the front license plate of Montano’s car, a white 2004 Chrysler Sebring, at the scene.
Staff writer Kieran Nicholson can be reached at 303-954-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com.
