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Driver Dies After Crashing Truck Through Fences & Onto RTD Light Rail Tracks

AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) - Aurora police responded to a deadly single-vehicle crash on Abilene Street at around 6 a.m. on Sunday morning. Police say a man's truck went off the roadway and dropped several feet onto an RTD light rail track near Interstate 225 and Yale Avenue.

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That's where officers first found the victim and the vehicle. They say the 33-year-old driver tragically died at the scene.

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Investigators believe the Dodge Ram left the roadway, drove onto a sidewalk and later into a parking lot. It later collided with two fences and then dropped onto the tracks.

They say alcohol is suspected.

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