(CREDIT: Aurora Police Department)

Aurora Police Department traffic investigators are releasing two pictures of the vehicle whose driver is wanted for questioning in connection to a fatal Jan. 13 hit-and-run crash on Aurora’s near west side.

The vehicle in question is believed to be a light colored sedan.

The Aurora Police Department is investigating after a 57-year-old man, now identified as Brent Jean of Aurora, was killed in the hit-and-run that took place in the 500 block of South River Street.

According to APD news releases, officers responded at around 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, to reports of a person struck by a vehicle, and found Jean lying in the roadway. The suspect vehicle had fled the scene.

Aurora Fire Department paramedics attempted lifesaving measures but pronounced Jean dead on the scene.

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South River Street was closed down between Prairie Street and Second Street while traffic investigators reconstructed the accident.

Police said the investigation into the circumstances of the crash is ongoing. Anyone with information about the accident is asked to call the Aurora Police Department’s Traffic Unit at 630-256-5330 or call Crime Stoppers at 630-892-1000 to report information anonymously.

Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards up to $5,000 and anonymity to citizens who furnish information leading to the arrest of felony crime offenders and the capture of felony fugitives.

SOURCE: Aurora Police Department news release