Crime & Safety
White Pickup Sought In Lakewood Pedestrian Hit And Run
Police are still looking for the driver in a fatal hit-and-run accident which killed 60-year-old Christopher Clark on West Colfax Avenue.
LAKEWOOD, CO – Police are still seeking information about the driver of a white pickup truck that struck and killed a pedestrian in Lakewood last week.
At about 10:20 pm on Friday, March 22, Lakewood Police responded to a vehicle crash involving a pedestrian at West Colfax Avenue and Carr Street. An adult man, crossing West Colfax in the crosswalk was hit by a pickup traveling east on Colfax, police said.
Multiple witnesses told police a white Toyota extended-cab pickup truck hit the man and fled the scene continuing eastbound. Police said the vehicle will likely have front-end damage to the passenger side.
The pedestrian, identified by the Jefferson County Coroner as 60-year-old Christopher Clark of Denver, died at the scene, police said.
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