A MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO A HIT AND RUN CRASH IN COLORADO SPRINGS EARLIER THIS MONTH. ON AUGUST 4TH A MAN, IDENTIFIED AS NICHOLAS BATES, WAS CROSSING THE STREET AT HANDCOCK AND JET WING WHEN HE WAS HIT BY A CAR. THE DRIVER, IDENTIFIEDBY POLICE AS LANDIS HESTER THEN ALLEGEDLY DROVE AWAY FROM THE SCENE. BATES WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL WHERE HE WOULD LATER DIE. HESTER WAS ARRESTED EARLIER THIS WEEK. HE IS BEING CHARGED WITH HIT AND RUN AND MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT.
