Southbound E-470 was closed for several hours in north Aurora on Thursday morning after a man walked in front of a pickup truck and was fatally hit, .
Colorado State Patrol troopers responded to the crash on southbound E-470 near 48th Avenue at about 6:19 a.m. Thursday, after a 34-year-old man “intentionally jumped” in front of a Chevrolet Silverado truck, according to a news release from the agency.
The man died at the scene of the crash and will be identified by the Adams County Coroner’s Office.
“This investigation is early in the process, and it is unknown at this time what led to the incident,” state patrol officials stated in the release.
As of 9:10 a.m., southbound E-470 had reopened between mile marker 23 near 38th Avenue and mile marker 24 near 48th Avenue, E-470 spokesperson Shelby Costello said in an email to The Denver Post.
Additional information about the crash was not available on Thursday.
This is a developing story and may be updated.
