The National Transportation Safety Board says it is gathering information about the evacuation of a Frontier Airlines plane after it hit a person on the runway at Denver International Airport during takeoff.

A Frontier Airlines jet on takeoff hit and killed a person walking across a runway at Denver International Airport Friday night, according to the Denver Police Department.

Airport officials said the as-yet unidentified person jumped a security fence and was crossing the runway when they were struck.

A Frontier Airlines A321 aborting takeoff at Denver International Airport hit and killed a person who had jumped a perimeter fence and run onto an active runway, sparking an engine fire and filling the cabin with smoke before passengers evacuated down emergency slides.

A person who jumped a fence and was on a runway at Denver International Airport was struck and killed by a Frontier Airlines plane during takeoff, airport authorities said. The collision sparked an engine fire and forced passengers to evacuate.

A plane hit and killed a pedestrian on the runway at Denver International Airport during takeoff on a flight headed for LAX, according to the airport.

We're hearing from a passenger who was on the Frontier Airlines jet that hit and killed a pedestrian in Denver. Sarah Horbacewicz reports.

A Frontier Airlines plane taking off from Denver International Airport hit and killed a pedestrian crossing the runway as the flight took off.