ARAPAHOE, CO, (December 28, 2022) - A 55-year-old man was tragically struck and killed in a hit-and-run accident involving a semi-truck on Dec. 28 in Arapahoe County.
According to the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, the unidentified victim was standing next to a passenger van at about 11:30 a.m. on Digicomm Drive in the Dove Valley area when he was allegedly hit by a tractor-trailer driven by 31-year-old Erick Mejia. Sadly, the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities said that Mejia proceeded to make a delivery to a nearby business.
Deputies tracked Mejia traveling south on Interstate 25, and Fountain Police officers stopped the truck south of Colorado Springs, detaining the suspect. Mejia was arrested on suspicion of vehicular homicide.