Thanksgiving Hit And Run: Alabama Judge & Family IDed As Victims

DENVER, CO – The Denver Office of the Medical Examiner identified the woman killed Thursday night in a hit and run accident as Karen King, 65.

Her husband, Alan King, a visiting probate judge from Alabama, and their daughter Kendall King, were also injured and hospitalized in the accident, which took place in the crosswalk in the intersection of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Quebec Street.

Denver police did not identify the injured family members, but Alabama news reports and a Facebook post from a colleague of King's on Alabama's 10th judicial circuit named the King family members.

News reports said the King parents had been visiting their daughter for Thanksgiving in Denver.

Karen King was a media specialist at Rocky Ridge Elementary School in Hoover, Alabama. Her district colleagues remember her as an educator "dedicated to children and their learning," according to a statement from Kathy Murphy, superintendent of Hoover City Schools in Alabama.

The Rocky Ridge Principal Dil Uswatte said Karen King wanted to retire this year.

"Recently, I had the pleasure of talking to her about life in general," Uswatte told AL.com. "She intended to retire this year and said, 'Life is too short. I want to enjoy it while I can and spend time with my precious family.' It saddens me that she did not get this chance."

Police described the car that hit the King family members and fled the scene as a dark-colored sedan, possibly a Cadillac with damage to the windshield and front end. No license plate number was released.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Denver police: 720-913-2000.

READ MORE at AL.com

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