Interstate 225 has been reopened following a hit-and-run fatal crash early Monday morning in Aurora, authorities said.
The driver of the vehicle that was struck was hospitalized with undetermined injuries following the two-vehicle crash near Yosemite Street at 2:06 a.m., said Master Trooper Gary Cutler of the Colorado State Patrol.
A passenger in the victim’s car was killed in the crash, Cutler said. One person was ejected from a vehicle that rolled but it has not been confirmed whether that person is the one who died, he said.
I-225 SB: Road open at Exit 1B – Yosemite Street. Crash cleared. All lanes open, following crash clean-up.
— Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) (@ColoradoDOT)
Authorities believe they know the identity of the woman who caused the crash and then fled on foot but she has not been found, Cutler said.
Southbound I-225 has been reopened, according to a Colorado Department of Transportation tweet.
The cause of the crash is under investigation, Cutler said.
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