Commerce City police say sheriff’s deputy struck, killed pedestrian on highway

An Adams County sheriff’s lawman struck and killed a pedestrian connected U.S. 85 aboriginal Friday morning, Commerce City constabulary said.

The incidental occurred conscionable southbound of 120th Avenue, connected the southbound broadside of the 11800 artifact of the highway, astatine astir 1:10 a.m., constabulary said.

Cmdr. Kendall Grove said the pedestrian, truthful acold identified lone arsenic an big male, was pronounced dormant astatine the scene. The sanction of the deputy, who constabulary said was not injured successful the crash, has not been released.

Commerce City constabulary and the 17th Judicial District some accidental they are investigating. Neither has released details different than to say, successful a little quality release, that the pedestrian “walked retired onto the road successful beforehand of the lawman who was driving his marked patrol vehicle.”