A 22-year-old woman who died after walking across Interstate 70 may have been hit by several vehicles, and Aurora police investigating the death on Thursday appealed for help from the public.
A BMW 330xi moving west on I-70 between Pena Boulevard and Chambers Road struck the woman late Wednesday, around 11:20 p.m., Aurora police said. “Investigators believe it is possible the pedestrian was hit by several vehicles” and that the drivers of those vehicles “do not know they were involved,” police spokeswoman Sydney Edwards said.
Paramedics took the woman from I-70 to a hospital, where she died of her injuries.
The driver of the BMW stayed at the scene “and is cooperating,” Edwards said.
Anyone who might have been involved or who witnessed what happened is asked to contact the Aurora Police Department. This was the 24th traffic-related fatality of 2023 in Aurora.
Also in Aurora, a man died in an auto-pedestrian crash near Bicentennial Park about 1:50 a.m. Thursday, police said.
The crash, about 100 feet east of the intersection of East Alameda Parkway and South Potomac Street, involved the driver of a 2016 Cadillac ATS. The pedestrian, a man, was crossing Alameda mid-block north to south when hit. He was taken to a hospital where he died. He’ll be identified by the Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office after his family has been notified.
The driver remained on scene and cooperated with investigators, police said. The incident is the 25th traffic-related fatality this year in Aurora.
Editor’s note: This story was updated to include a second fatal crash, near East Alameda Parkway and Potomac Street, in Aurora.Â
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