Douglas County hit-and-run suspect faces vehicular homicide charge

Douglas County investigators say a witness helped lead deputies to 28-year-old Adam Bauserman after a June 1 hit-and-run in Highlands Ranch killed one pedestrian and seriously injured two others. Bauserman now faces seven felony counts and one misdemeanor, including vehicular homicide, and a judge set bond at $100,000.

The crash happened around 10:30 a.m. at East Wildcat Reserve Parkway and Willowbridge Way, where sheriff’s officials say a pickup truck struck three pedestrians on the sidewalk and fled. One victim, identified as Corrine More, 35, died at the scene. A 30-year-old man suffered multiple fractures, and a 72-year-old woman was treated for a brain bleed, dislocated shoulder, rib fractures and a fractured pelvis. Officials said both injured victims were expected to survive.

About a dozen people witnessed the collision, and one bystander followed the suspect vehicle while giving updates to Douglas County Regional Dispatch. Deputies later found the truck about 5.5 miles away near North Daniels Park Road and Castle Pines Parkway in the Daniels Park area. Investigators kept the roadway closed for hours as they documented the scene and searched for surveillance and dash-camera footage.

The sheriff’s office said Bauserman faces charges of vehicular homicide, failing to remain at the scene of an accident involving death, two counts of failing to remain at the scene of an accident involving serious bodily injury, two counts of vehicular assault, second-degree assault involving crimes to at-risk persons, and driving a motor vehicle when his license was under restraint tied to an express-consent refusal and DUI conviction. The office said the case remains open and asked anyone with information to contact Detective Brian Pereira.

Witnesses told investigators the truck may have left the roadway intentionally. Accounts relayed to detectives suggested the driver jerked right off the road, hit the pedestrians on the south-side sidewalk, then returned to the roadway, made a U-turn and drove slowly past the crash scene before leaving. One witness said the truck appeared to go about 6 feet into the air after hitting the curb. Sheriff Darren Weekly said investigators had not confirmed an intentional act.

Court records and media reports also describe Bauserman as Adam Robert Bauserman of Englewood and say his license had been revoked after a DUI conviction in April 2025, when his blood alcohol content was reported above 0.2. Weekly said Bauserman should not have been on the road, though preliminary information suggested he may have been traveling only a few miles per hour over the posted limit and may not have been intoxicated at the time of the June 1 crash, pending toxicology and phone and vehicle analysis.

The case is drawing added scrutiny because it happened on a busy Highlands Ranch corridor where pedestrians were on a sidewalk in daylight. Douglas County Sheriff’s Office records show another fatal auto-versus-pedestrian crash in Highlands Ranch on March 16, 2025, and a driver was sentenced in January 2025 in the March 2024 death of 13-year-old Alexander Mackiewicz. For Highlands Ranch, the June 1 crash has quickly become about more than one arrest: it is another warning about a stretch of roadway where people walking have already paid the price.