DENVER – Investigators are seeking leads to help solve a hit-and-run crash that left a bicyclist seriously injured in Denver’s Chaffee Park neighborhood.
According to Denver police, at around 6:32 p.m. on August 25, a cyclist was struck by a Mercedes Benz sport utility vehicle traveling south on North Vallejo Street at the intersection of West 50th Avenue.
A Metro Denver Crime Stoppers release said the driver of the SUV allegedly ran a stop sign at the intersection and struck the bicyclist who was headed westbound on West 50th Avenue before leaving the scene.
Police released an image of a similar SUV and urged anyone with information to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.
The case number is 25-456140.
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