DENVER (KDVR) — The Arvada Police Department said the driver of a pick-up truck hit a man in a moving wheelchair early Thursday morning, then took off.
Detectives said the victim was riding his wheelchair northbound in a southbound lane on Wadsworth Boulevard, near West 53rd Avenue, when he was hit.
While a suspected driver has not been identified, the suspected truck has been located.
The family said the victim is James Aguilar, a father of one, who recently started using a wheelchair.
Police said the victim was riding with his pet hamster in his lap. The hamster did survive.
The family has established the following GoFundMe page.
