Driver sentenced for deadly hit-and-run crash

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — A man arrested in a 2024 hit-and-run crash that killed a parafencer who was crossing a Lakewood street was sentenced late last week.

Jimmy Lee Chavez hit and killed 29-year-old Terre Engdahl on Feb. 23, 2024, at the intersection of Kipling Street and West 23rd Avenue. Friends said that Engdahl was a fencer and that he had been injured in a prior motorcycle accident.

After the crash, Lakewood Police issued a Medina Alert and said they were looking for a black Chevy Camaro that would likely have heavy front-end damage and a broken windshield…

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