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Matthew Jonas, Times-Call
An investigator with the Boulder County Coroner's Office pauses for a moment while looking a Peyton Knowlton's bike after the 8-year-old was killed by a motorist at on Alpine Street on May 20. (Matthew Jonas / Staff Photographer)The driver suspected in a crash that killed 8-year-old girl Peyton Knowlton as she rode her bike will be prosecuted in connection with her death, police announced Tuesday.
Longmont police also revealed that they suspect the 20-year-old man who struck and killed Knowlton on May 20 was driving under the influence of marijuana.
Peyton had been riding her bike home from school from a school celebration with her stepfather, Cody Shetley, when the pickup struck her in the intersection.
That driver, who has not yet been identified by police, faces charges of vehicular homicide and driving under the influence of drugs.
