BOULDER, Colo. — Boulder police are looking for any witnesses of a crash early Saturday morning that left two pedestrians with serious injuries.
Officers in Boulder Police Department’s traffic unit said around 12:36 a.m. Saturday, police responded to Broadway and Regent Drive (20th Street) — just south of the University of Colorado Boulder — for a report of a hit-and-run crash. Two victims, an 18-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man, were transported to a hospital with serious injuries. Both are now stable.
Based on police’s investigation, they believe a man driving a 2014 gray Ford Focus made a U-turn on Broadway, jumped the curb and struck the two people.
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The driver, identified as Jordan Michael Hemstreet, 24, was located and charged with driving under the influence, reckless driving, vehicular assault (reckless), driving a vehicle on a suspended license and no proof of insurance, police said.
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In addition, police are investigating if Hemstreet was involved in a crash around 10:50 p.m. on Sept. 8 around 15th Street and Cascade Avenue, where multiple parked cars were damaged.
Anybody who saw either of these crashes is asked to call Boulder Officer Kaufman at 720-291-2768 or KaufmanD@bouldercolorado.gov reference case 23-09015.
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