Man arrested in fatal Denver hit-and-run

A 49-year-old man was arrested Sunday after a Denver pedestrian died in a hit-and-run Saturday night, police said.

Calisto Ortega-Uribe was arrested on suspicion of vehicular homicide, according to the Denver Police Department.

Police first posted about the fatal crash involving a pedestrian in the 3600 block of North Quebec Street at 11:03 p.m. Saturday. The driver fled the scene, and the pedestrian died from their injuries, police said.

The block is near where Quebec intersects with Interstate 270, north of Interstate 70.

The pedestrian will be identified by the Denver Office of the Medical Examiner.

Ortega-Uribe is being held in Denver’s Downtown Detention Center with no bond, according to jail records. His next court date had not yet been scheduled as of Sunday morning.

This is a developing story and may be updated.