SHE WAS ALSO CITED FOR CARELESS DRIVING IN BOULDER COUNTY IN FEBRUARY BUT PLEADED GUILTY TO A LESSER CHARGE OF OPERATING AN UNSAFE OR DEFECTIVE VEHICLE.

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Woman arrested in fatal I-25 pedestrian hit-and-run

A 29-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of leaving the scene of an accident involving death in a Denver hit-and-run crash that killed a man changing a tire on the shoulder of Interstate 25.

Marisol Infante was arrested and booked into the Downtown Detention Center on Thursday morning, court records show.

Denver police say Infante was driving a black Toyota 4Runner on southbound I-25 on Saturday morning when she hit 52-year-old Carlos Mercado Arzola, who was changing a tire on the right shoulder between West Sixth Avenue and West Alameda Avenue.

Arzola died from multiple blunt force injuries at the scene, according to the Denver Office of the Medical Examiner.

Infante was charged with driving under the influence in a separate case after she was arrested by University of Colorado Boulder police on May 8, court records show. The case was pending in Boulder County District Court.

She was previously charged with a DUI in Boulder County in 2021 and pleaded guilty to driving while ability impaired as part of a plea deal.

Northwest rail meeting to take place Monday

Local leaders and transit board members will come together from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Longmont Museum auditorium for a discussion of the RTD FasTracks Northwest Corridor and how Front Range Passenger Rail is involved, according to a news release from the RTD Board of Directors.

The meeting is free and open to the public. No RSVP is required.

The theme of the night is a play on words on “Mission: Impossible” — “Mission Possible: Build NW Rail” — and is expected to include RTD board members Karen Benker and Lynn Guissinger; Broomfield Mayor Guyleen Castriotta; Louisville Mayor Chris Leh; Erie Councilmember Emily Baer; state Sen. Katie Wallace, Boulder County Commissioner Ashley Stolzmann; and Longmont Area Chamber of Commerce CEO Scott Cook, along with a Q&A session with Longmont City Council members Shiquita Yarbrough and Matthew Popkin.

Longmont Mayor Joan Peck will serve as the panel moderator and offer closing remarks.

The event’s discussion will revolve around the NW rail’s background, future, why it matters, funding and future prospects, according to the release.

— Staff and Denver Post reports