A person died Saturday throughout a visitors cease after being Tased by a Larimer County sheriff’s deputy and struck by a passing car, the sheriff’s workplace stated.
Larimer County sheriff’s deputies stopped a driver touring on Interstate 25 at 9:15 p.m. Saturday for expired registration. The motive force exited the interstate and stopped his automobile close to the Mountain Vista exit, in keeping with a information launch from the Larimer County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Deputies requested the person to step out of the automobile after they decided that the person gave them a pretend identify. The person then fled and ran towards the interstate, in keeping with the information launch.
A deputy used a Taser on the person, who was then struck by a passing car, the information launch states.
The person was pronounced lifeless at a close-by hospital. The information launch didn’t identify the person and the coroner’s workplace will launch his identification at a later date.
The person’s demise is being investigated by the Fort Collins Police Division and the Eighth Judicial District Lawyer’s Workplace.