He’s the kind of guy who will just make you feel welcome and loved immediately,” a close friend said of John Wilkinson, the cyclist killed in the hit-and-run crash.

Officials announced that charges have been filed against a 23-year-old man suspected of driving off after his car struck and killed a cyclist in eastern Boulder County.

Colorado State Patrol responded to a hit-and-run crash at about 11:57 a.m. on 95th Street and Avocet Lane in Boulder County. According to the Boulder County Sheriff's Office, a car went into the bike lane and struck a man on a bicycle.