Thornton Man Hit And Killed By RTD Bus In Denver Tuesday
February 8, 2012
A 50-year-old man from Thornton, Colorado, was killed Tuesday after being run over by an RTD passenger bus. According to reports from FOX 31-Denver News, the accident occurred on the corner of W. Colfax Avenue and Mariposa Street at a marked bus stop.
A spokesman for the Denver police department, Sonny Jackson, says that the man was exiting the bus when he tripped and fell under the vehicle. He was run over as the vehicle pulled away from the bus stop. Paramedics declared him dead at the scene.
While police did not cite the bus driver, a statement from RTD, the bus company involved, stated that the driver has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation.
Colorado’s 9 News reported a similar incident near the same location last November when another man was run over by a bus leaving a bus stop on Colfax Avenue. Witnesses said that just after the bus took off, the driver stopped the vehicle, saying there was someone beneath the bus. The victim suffered injuries to his legs and stomach, but survived.
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