Deadly Hit & Run Started As Street Racing, Teen Arrested

By Jennifer Brice
DENVER (CBS4) – Police said a deadly hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian on Sunday night started as a street racing.
Police rushed to the scene just before 9 p.m. Sunday where a man had been struck by an orange Dodge Caliber while crossing Alameda Avenue. The man, 26-year-old Nicholas Richling of Denver, did not survive the collision.
The driver of the Caliber ditched the car a short distance away and walked away from the crash.
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Police caught up