DENVER — A motorcyclist was killed and a second rider critically wounded when Denver police said a driver of a Honda Civic intentionally pushed the bike into oncoming traffic Sunday evening.

The driver, identified as 45-year-old Diego Ortega-Camero, was arrested after he allegedly attempted to flee the scene on foot.

Two men were on the motorcycle, one of them was pronounced deceased at the scene, and the other remains in critical condition, according to police.

The incident occurred around 7:25 p.m. at the intersection of E. Hampden Avenue and S. Yosemite Street.

Police said that before the collision, the motorcyclist and Ortega-Camero were involved in a verbal altercation that escalated into a shooting, where the motorcycle rider allegedly fired at least one shot at Ortega-Camero’s C

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