Woman Charged In Deadly Hit-And-Run In Aurora

AURORA, CO — The Aurora police arrested a woman Friday on hit-and-run charges stemming from the death of an elderly man on Thursday evening. Sandra Navarro, 34, has been accused of being behind the wheel of a car that fled the scene after striking a Hispanic pedestrian, who later succumbed to his injuries, the police said.

Navarro has been charged with two felonies: hit and run involving death and tampering with physical evidence. The police have not released the name or age of the victim.

The accident occurred at 6:20 p.m. Thursday on East Montview Boulevard at Elmira Street in North Aurora. The police issued a Medina Alert, which prompted an unidentified individual to tip them off to the location of the car that fled the scene.

Officers on Friday located the silver 2002 Toyota Camry near an auto body shop in the 1400 block of Ironton Street in Aurora. The auto body shop has cooperated throughout the investigation, the police said.

They said that Navarro may have been talking on her cell phone at the time of the accident, KUSA-TV 9NEWS reported.

A Medina Alert honors the memory of Jose Medina, a valet driver who was killed by a hit-and-run driver in 2011, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.

The police are asking anyone who witnessed this fatal crash, or has any information related to it, to call Detective Steve Chinn at 303.739.6342.

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