A University of Denver graduate student died after he was hit by an SUV whose driver fled the scene.

The incident happened about 8:45 p.m. Thursday near the university’s campus, said Sonny Jackson, a Denver Police Department spokesman.

The student, in the school’s engineering program, was walking his bicycle across the street with a green light when the SUV ran a red light, police said. The victim was taken to Denver Health Medical Center where he died, Jackson said.

The Denver coroner’s office today identified the victim as Masoud Bahramisharif, 24, a student from Iran living in Denver.

A university spokesman verified the victim’s identity as well as Bahramisharif’s field of study.

Bahramisharif was born in Hamedan, Iran, and earned a bachelor of science degree, in computer science, from the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, according to his university-sponsored webpage.

On his page, Bahramisharif described himself as an athlete and semi-pro basketball player.

On Thursday night the driver was heading east on East Evans Avenue when Bahramisharif was hit at the intersection of South University Boulevard.

Police describe the vehicle as a maroon or dark red Grand Jeep Cherokee likely between the model years of 2000 to 2005.

After hitting the student, the driver kept going, fleeing the scene with the victim’s mangled bicycle attached to the Jeep. The bicycle was recovered a few blocks away. The Jeep likely has front-end, and possibly under-carriage, damage, police said.

Anyone with information on the case or on a possible suspect is asked to call Denver Crimestoppers at 720 913-STOP.

Kieran Nicholson: 303-954-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com