Pedestrian identified after deadly Denver hit-and-run involving sign and truck

DENVER (KDVR) — Officials have identified a person who was killed on the sidewalk after a driver allegedly hit a vehicle and a sign near 16th and Market streets, then fled the scene early Sunday morning.

The Denver Office of the Medical Examiner identified the victim on Friday as 26-year-old Garrett Bimler and said the cause of death was multiple blunt force injuries, and the manner was an accident.

The crash happened around 2:18 a.m. Sunday near 16th Street and Market Street, and the suspected driver was taken into custody about a half hour later in the 1700 block of Wazee Street…

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