{"id":23295,"date":"2020-06-09T09:48:57","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T15:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=65162"},"modified":"2020-06-09T09:48:57","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T15:48:57","slug":"das-office-declines-to-pursue-charges-in-us-40-fatality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/das-office-declines-to-pursue-charges-in-us-40-fatality\/","title":{"rendered":"DA\u2019s office declines to pursue charges in US 40 fatality"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"38\">\n<p>The 14<sup>th<\/sup> Judicial District Attorney\u2019s Office is not pursuing charges in the May 17 death of Fernando Figueroa on US Highway 40.<\/p>\n<p>According to a declination letter from the DA\u2019s office to the Granby Police Department, Figueroa was a passenger in a vehicle driven by his wife. The two were traveling back to Granby when a domestic dispute developed inside the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Near Granby, Figueroa exited the vehicle while it was moving. He was then struck by another vehicle behind them. A Colorado State Trooper happened to be behind the vehicle that struck Figueroa and found him in the road.<\/p>\n<p>Neither Figueroa\u2019s wife nor the driver of the vehicle that hit him displayed signs of intoxication or impairment, and their accounts of events matched the evidence at the scene, according to the DA\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row shn-donation shn-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/shn-logo-2x-wht.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/shn-logo-2x-wht.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The DA\u2019s office explained there was no direct or circumstantial evidence suggesting that Figueroa\u2019s wife or the driver of the vehicle that hit Figueroa committed any crimes.<\/p>\n<p>The evidence shows that Figueroa left the vehicle while it was moving after the domestic dispute, having caused significant damage to the inside of the vehicle and allegedly assaulted his wife, according to the DA\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>After exiting the moving vehicle, the DA\u2019s office noted, the vehicle behind him struck Figueroa in an unavoidable crash.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"11.297535211268\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-7 pt-3 pb-4 pr-4 pl-4\" readability=\"19.154867256637\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/02\/shn-logo-2x-wht.png\" class=\"logo\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers around Grand County make the Sky-Hi News&#8217; work possible. 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According to a declination letter from the DA\u2019s office to the Granby Police Department, Figueroa was a passenger in a vehicle driven by his wife. 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