AURORA | Just days after Aurora police publicized pleas to the public to be en guard for pedestrian safety, a 70-year-old man was struck by a truck yesterday and died.

Police were called to the intersection of East Sixth Avenue and Potomac Street at about 5 a.m. after reports of an auto-pedestrian collision there.

“The investigation has determined a Ford F-150 was driving east on East Sixth Avenue when it struck a 70-year-old male pedestrian who was crossing Sixth Avenue north to south,” Aurora police spokesperson Joe Moylan said in a statement. “The 70-year-old man sustained life-threatening injuries and was rushed to a local hospital, where he later died.”

Police said the driver of the pick-up truck remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators.

Police last week met with a

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