PUEBLO, Colo. (KOAA) — The Pueblo Police Department says that a person was killed following a crash along Northern Avenue in the early morning hours on Wednesday.
Around 2:30 a.m., officers received a call regarding a crash involving a pedestrian. When they arrived, the person, later identified as 31-year-old Leann R. Lucero, was dead at the scene.
The vehicle involved had left the area, but a witness to the crash followed them and reported them to the police.
The driver, who was identified by the department as 25-year-old Dahir Ortiz Espinoza, was arrested on the following charges:
- vehicular homicide
- failure to remain at the scene of a fatal crash
- failure to report a fatal crash
- reckless driving
- DUI
According to police, this was the ninth traffic fatality in Pueblo this year.
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