Hit-and-run accident results in Columbus womans death

April 3rd, 2020 | Amanda Mendoza

COLUMBUS- Authorities say deputies found and arrested a man suspected of leaving the scene near Columbus after his pickup truck fatally struck a woman walking on a street. The 56-year-old man was driving west a little before 1 a.m. Thursday when the woman was struck about a mile east of Columbus. She was pronounced dead at a hospital. Shes been identified as 19-year-old Jaqueline Robledo, who lived in Columbus. Platte County Sheriff Ed Wemhoff says the man drove away but was spotted a few minutes later and taken into custody. Online court records dont show that hes been formally charged.

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