AN ALBUQUERQUE POLICE INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY FOLLOWING A FATAL HIT AND RUN TUESDAY NIGHT. IT HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER 8:30 PM ON COORS JUST NORTH OF I-40. POLICE SAY A PEDESTRIAN WAS CROSSING FROM THE WEST SIDE OF COORS TO THE EAST SIDE WHEN A VEHICLE HEADING NORTH FROM I-40 HIT THE 38 YEAR OLD MAN, THEN FLED THE AREA. THE VICTIM DIED AT THE SCENE.
WITNESSES SAYS THE VEHICLE WAS SOME TYPE OF S-U-V, POSSIBLY RED IN COLOR. THE IDENTITY OF THE DEAD MAN HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. POLICE SAY PEDESTRIAN ERROR APPEARS TO BE A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT.
