On Thursday, August 18, 2022, at 7:12 AM, members of the Colorado Springs Police Department, Falcon Division, were dispatched to the 1100 block of Old Dutch Mill Road regarding a single-vehicle traffic crash. Once officers arrived on the scene, it was determined that the crash involved a single motorcycle hitting a parked car. The motorcycle driver was deceased on the scene. Due to the nature of the collision, the Major Crash Team was contacted and responded.
The investigation determined that the single motorcycle was headed north and turning east on Old Dutch Mill Road just past Forrest Hill Road. As the motorcycle entered the turn, the driver of the bike laid the motorcycle down and slid into a parked car resulting in fatal injuries.
On Friday, August 19, 2022, the El Paso County Coroner’s Office conducted an autopsy on the deceased motorcycle rider. The motorcycle rider was identified as 33-year-old Joshua Egnatu, of Monument, Colorado. As of this release, this is the 29th fatal traffic crash this year. Fifteen of those involved motorcycle riders. At this same time last year, Colorado Springs had 30 fatal traffic crashes.