ARVADA, Colo. (KDVR) — A local family feels that they can’t find closure after learning charges won’t be filed in their loved one’s death. The case involves a hit-and-run crash after an altercation between two drivers in Arvada.
David Brlej, who went by Dave, was a 67-year-old grandfather and school bus driver killed. His family tells FOX31 this is a tragedy for all sides: They lost their loved one and another driver has to live with this death, all following what is considered a road rage situation.
Previous report: Altercation leads to deadly hit-and-run in Arvada – police seeking witnesses
“Somebody needs to be held accountable for my husband’s death. Charges were not filed, there’s no justice,” Brlej’s wife Debbie said. “Coming back here is not easy. It’s like ripping a Band-Aid off of an open wound. It’s not a good feeling.”
Debbie Brlej hasn’t felt right since Sept. 6 of last year. Just after 6 a.m. that morning, officers with the Arvada Police Department responded to the report of the hit-and-run crash on the northwest corner of the intersection of 64th Avenue and Indiana Street…