By Meghan Lopez, Denver7
DENVER — Stand along any part of Colfax Avenue in downtown Denver, and it won’t take long to see the interaction between people and cars.
This busy street is not only a major artery for Denver, it’s also a popular place for pedestrians who visit nearby businesses.
The street is also, unfortunately, no stranger to pedestrian accidents. On Wednesday, the Denver Police Department issued a Medina Alert for a 2011 Chevy Cruz that was involved in a hit-and-run near Franklin and Colfax.
However, Colfax is certainly not the only busy street where these crashes occur.
“When we talk about homicides, people who are shot, people who are stabbed, quite often they are shot or stabbed by people they know, people they interact with. When we’re talking about a hit-and-run crash like this, it’s a stranger-on-stranger crime,” said Sgt. Mike Farr, the day shift supervisor for the Denver Police Traffic Investigations Unit.
With these investigations, the cars involved can look like thousands or even millions of others on the road. That’s why videos, pictures and witnesses can be key in these investigations.
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