This happened just a few blocks from where I live!

[Gooberlx2]

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/11/11/D8LB3TUO0.html

3 Killed As Car Hits Couple, Stroller
Nov 11 4:21 PM US/Eastern

By ROBERT WELLER
Associated Press Writer

DENVER

A hit-and-run driver struck a couple crossing a street with a stroller, killing a woman and her two young children and injuring the youngsters' father, police said. Two men were arrested early Saturday.
Wreckage from the stroller was strewn across the busy intersection Friday night in the popular LoDo district of restaurants, clubs, stores and sports venues.

"I went down there and it was a well-lit street," said police spokesman Sonny Jackson. "There was no excuse for it. It is one of the most horrific accidents we've had."

The father was in stable condition at Denver Health Medical Center.

The license plate of the red pickup was knocked off in the crash, leading police to the vehicle's owner and to the arrests in neighboring Westminster, authorities said.

The parents were walking with their 4-year-old and 2-year-old children, crossing lawfully at a lighted intersection, Jackson said.

He said police didn't know how fast the truck was going, but witness Alice Maynard told the Rocky Mountain News it appeared to be going about 50 mph.

"It was really fast, and it hit this family and didn't even stop and didn't even slow down," Maynard told KUSA-TV.

Lawrence Trujillo, 36, was arrested on three counts of investigation of vehicle homicide, as well as leaving the scene of an accident and resisting arrest, police said. Eric Phil Snell, 35, was arrested on three counts of investigation of accessory to a crime.

Jail officials said they didn't know whether the suspects had lawyers.

Kudos to the local news casts being johnny-on-the-spot and getting the license plate number and vehicle description up like just minutes after it happened (even though it appears the police didn't really need the help with one of the plates knocked off and left behind).

I hope these guys get a hanging judge.

 

[CountZero]

How sad I can't imagine what it must be like to try to continue on after losing your wife and both children.

 

[yobarman]

Heard about that. Sucks

In other news, there was a car on fire just a block away down south here in Douglas County