COLORADO SPRINGS — Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) officers rushed to the intersection of North Carefree Circle and North Academy Boulevard in the early hours Saturday morning January 6 after someone was reportedly hit by a car.
The crash happened just after 12 a.m. Saturday and CSPD officers closed the southbound lanes of North Academy Boulevard as part of the investigation.
Investigators told News5 that first responders had to perform CPR on the victim at the scene before they were rushed to the hospital.
According to CSPD, the pedestrian died from their injuries on January 10. The El Paso County Coroner's office identified the pedestrian as 40-year-old Mindy Ekern of Colorado Springs.
Police say that Ekern was not using a crosswalk at the time of the crash. They also say that at this time, the driver in this case is not being charged, and that speed and alcohol were not factors of the crash.
CSPD says that this is the third traffic death in Colorado Springs this year. They also say that there was one traffic fatality at this time last year, and there have been 52 fatal traffic crashes in Colorado Springs in the last 365 days.
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