Woman killed in hit-and-run crash identified, suspect search continues

A woman who was killed in a hit-and-run crash along Baptist Road in Monument Monday morning has been identified.

According to the El Paso County Coroner’s Office, she was 47-year-old Kristy Kerst.

Background Information

A person is dead following a hit-and-run Monday morning, according to Monument Police.

Police said they were called to a hit-and-run accident Monday around 11:45 a.m. along Baptist Road.

When officers arrived they found a woman dead on the scene. The sheriff’s office says they are investigating the incident as a vehicular homicide.

According to the sheriff’s office, the suspect is an adult man who was driving a dark in color Chrysler minivan with a light-colored metal trim horizontal stripe down the side. They say a woman was in the passenger seat of the van.

The sheriff’s office says the van didn’t have a front license plate, but it had stock silver rims and damage to the front passenger bumper and side. They say there may have been a white handicap placard hanging from the front rear-view mirror.

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