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Man reaches plea agreement in hit-and-run at busy LoDo intersection

Manuel Saucedo accelerated into the intersection at 20th and Market streets following a fight at around 2 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 25.

DENVER — A 34-year-old man charged in a hit-and-run at a busy lower downtown intersection last August pleaded guilty on Monday to leaving the scene of an accident.

Manuel Saucedo's plea agreement stipulates three years of supervised probation and an additional 90 days in Denver County Jail.

An affidavit says Saucedo accelerated into the intersection at 20th and Market streets following a fight around 2 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 25.

Videos posted to social media show the incident.

> The video above shows the moments just ahead of the crash and the crash itself. Warning: The video is graphic and could be disturbing to some viewers.

Police responded just after that fight, which involved about 10-15 people, with another 80-100 gathered around watching and filming it on their cellphones, the affidavit says.

Officers noticed an unoccupied, gold-colored, 4-door sedan parked in the middle of Market Street just before the intersection, and the affidavit says it appeared the driver, Saucedo, was one of the people involved in the fight. 

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The affidavit says the videos posted to social media show Saucedo get back into the sedan, then some other people who were involved in the fight hitting the vehicle with a traffic post and pulling on the driver's side door. Saucedo then accelerates through the intersection, hitting two pedestrians before turning left onto 20th Street, the affidavit says.

Both victims were taken to the hospital but did not suffer serious injuries, according to the Denver Police Department (DPD).

Saucedo's sentencing will take place on April 13. 

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