Update to Blotter # 32269
On Thursday, April 27, 2023, at 3:16 PM, Officers with the Colorado Springs Police Department, Gold Hill Division, were dispatched to 8th Street and Oxford Lane regarding a pickup truck and motorcycle traffic crash. When officers arrived on the scene, it was determined that the motorcycle rider was deceased due to injuries suffered during the crash. Based on this information, the Major Crash Team was contacted and responded to assume the investigation. The investigation determined that the motorcycle rider was traveling northbound on 8th Street when the pickup truck driver was exiting the Cheyenne Plaza, crossing 8th Street to get to Oxford Lane. As the pickup truck left the parking lot, the motorcycle struck the pickup truck's left side, causing fatal injuries to the rider. This crash is still under investigation; however, speed is believed to be a factor in this traffic crash.
On Friday, April 28, 2023, the El Paso County Coroner’s Office conducted an autopsy on the deceased motorcycle rider. The motorcycle rider has been identified as 36-year-old Colorado Springs resident Jarrod Stanley. This was the 18th traffic fatality of 2023. At this same time last year, Colorado Springs had 12 fatal traffic crashes. In the past 365 days, there have been 61 fatal traffic crashes in Colorado Springs.