A late-night motorcycle crash in Aurora killed a man and sent a woman to the hospital, police said.
Aurora officers responded to the fatal crash near East Iliff Avenue and South Idalia Street at 11:49 p.m. Saturday, according to a news release from the police department. That intersection is on the edge of Aurora’s .
An unidentified man and woman were riding a motorcycle west on East Iliff Avenue when they were hit by an eastbound Honda CR-V turning left onto South Idalia Street, police said.
Paramedics took both motorcycle riders to the hospital, where the man later died. He will be identified by the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office.
Aurora police officials initially said the motorcycle had been reported stolen out of California but later learned otherwise. The VIN of the motorcycle involved in the crash nearly matched the VIN of an identical motorcycle that had been reported stolen, causing a national database used by investigators to link the two together, police said.
As of May 31, the woman injured in the crash remained hospitalized, police said.
The Honda driver fled the scene, and investigators later found the unoccupied car abandoned a short distance away from the crash, police said. No suspects had been publicly identified or arrested as of Sunday.
The crash remains under investigation, but police said speed may have been a factor.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
Updated 8:55 a.m. June 17, 2026: Because of incorrect information from a source, a previous version of this article misreported that the motorcycle involved in the crash had been stolen. The Denver Post updated the story when the source corrected that assessment, confirming the motorcycle had not been stolen.
