Feb 12, 2008 6:10 pm US/Mountain
Truck From Deadly Hit And Run Destroyed
DENVER (CBS4) ―
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Pablo Alcala was allegedly driving northbound on N. Quitman Street October 17, 2006 at 5:10p.m. and failed to stop at the stop sign, police said. He reportedly hit and killed Berdie Friedman.
CBS
The truck of a habitual traffic offender and a car that police called a "rolling meth lab" were crushed and destroyed Tuesday morning in Denver. The 1981 Chevrolet truck was driven in a deadly hit and run accident more than a year ago, police said.
Pablo Alcala was allegedly driving northbound on N. Quitman Street October 17, 2006 at 5:10p.m. and failed to stop at the stop sign, police said. He reportedly hit and killed Berdie Friedman.
Friedman was crossing the street at the intersection of W. Colfax Avenue and N. Quitman Street within the crosswalk area when she was hit.
Alcala picked up Friedman and carried her to a near by bus shelter. At the time, Alcala claimed he was just a Good Samaritan.
He said he did not see the accident but ran out into the street in an attempt to carry the victim out of harms way.
Freidman later died of her injuries.
Police later said Alcala was the hit and run driver and he is a habitual traffic offender. Investigators said he did not have a valid drivers license at the time he allegedly hit Friedman. He also had lengthy history of major driving infractions, police said.
"Habitual traffic offenders are the worst of the worst drivers, and they're the ones that are scary to be around, and they're driving in your neighborhood and driving down the streets," Lt. Donna Starr-Gimeno with Denver police said. "They're the ones that hurt people and kill people."
Alcala's truck was destroyed under the law governing habitual traffic offenders.
Drivers can be designated as habitual traffic offenders if they are convicted of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol three times in a 7-year period, or 10 four-point traffic tickets in a 5-year period.
The vehicle was declared a class one public nuisance under section 37-50(18), Denver Revised Municipal Code.
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