Deadly Hit & Run Started As Street Racing

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, a 26-year-old from Denver, did not survive the collision.The driver of the Caliber ditched the car a short distance away and walked away from the crash.Police caught up to the suspect driver, a 17-year-old male from Denver.