


Police are investigating a fatal Tuesday night hit-and-run crash in Lakewood that killed an Edgewater man walking in the area.
Lakewood officers responded to reports of a car-vs.-pedestrian crash about 11:50 p.m. Tuesday at the intersection of West 14th Avenue and Carr Street, according to a news release from the police department.
A car crashed into and killed 41-year-old Donald Jones at the intersection before fleeing the scene, police department spokesperson Lindsey Lee said. Paramedics transported Jones to a hospital, where he died from his injuries.
Investigators are still working to identify the vehicle and the driver, Lee said.
Witnesses to the crash described the suspect as a Black man with dreadlocks driving a silver or gold sedan, police said in an 11:22 a.m. update. The suspect was driving east on West 14th Avenue when he struck Jones.