A picture of the victim's walker. (Credit: Wheaton Ridge Police) WHEATON RIDGE, Colo. - Authorities in Colorado said an unidentified 56-year-old man has died after tripping and falling into the street with his walker, and a driver hit him before taking off.
The Wheaton Ridge Police Department said the incident happened last Thursday before 9 p.m. local time."Witnesses say a man using a walker tripped while walking on the sidewalk along Kipling and fell into the street," authorities posted on Facebook. "As a passing motorist exited his vehicle to help the victim, another vehicle struck the man who had fallen and continued driving."The man was taken to a hospital in critical condition.