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Denver RTD bus involved in another fatal accident

Thursday, April 8, 2010 by William Muhr

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Police and Fire Rescue received a call of an auto-pedestrian accident near the intersection of East Mississippi Avenue and South Peoria yesterday at around 5:40 P.M. in Aurora, Colorado. A man was found laying in the gutter in front of the Denver RTD bus stop suffering from severe injuries.  Aurora Fire-Rescue transported the 78 year old male to a local hospital, where he died from his injuries a short time later.
Witnesses provided the bus number, route and indicated the male had been run over by an RTD bus.  An Aurora officer located the bus at North Peoria and near East 11th Avenue.  While there was evidence on the bus confirmed it had been involved in the incident, the bus driver told the officer he had no idea he had been involved in an accident.
Officers from the Aurora Police Traffic Unit impounded the bus for evidentiary purposes.  The driver is understandably upset by the incident and is cooperating with investigators. As part of this investigation the on-board video of the bus will be reviewed.
While none of the witnesses could provide any account of how the victim wound up under the bus, the investigation will continue in the coming days in an attempt to determine the circumstances of the incident.
This is the third fatality since Saturday involving an RTD bus, but unlike Saturday’s driver this driver is an employee of RTD. The identity of the victim is being withheld pending notification of the family.
 
Posted at 23:57 PM
Topic: Automobile Accidents
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