Aurora police officers are searching for a driver who fled the scene of the fatal crash that shut down the intersection at South Havana Street and East Iliff Avenue on Sunday morning.
Officers responded to a report of a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of East Iliff Avenue and South Havana Street around 7:15 a.m. Sunday, according to a .
When officers arrived at the scene, they found a 28-year-old man who had died in the crash, police said. The man will be identified by the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office.
According to the police department’s preliminary investigation, a 2000 Honda Accord was driving south on Havana when it was struck in the driver’s side door by a 2013 Hyundai Elantra, the news release stated.
Investigators suspect the Hyundai ran a red light immediately before the crash, the release stated Sunday.
The driver of the Hyundai left the scene and has not been identified or located, according to the news release.
Anyone with information that may help the investigation is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867 or visit .
The intersection remained closed to traffic in all directions . The intersection from all directions at 1:23 p.m. Sunday.
Drivers were advised to use East Jewell or East Yale avenues as east-west route alternatives, and South Peoria Street as a north-south route alternative.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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