Traffic Fatality S. Chelton Road and Zebulon Drive

On Saturday June 18, 2022, Colorado Springs Police officers were dispatched to the intersection of S. Chelton Road and Zebulon Drive regarding car versus motorcycle traffic crash. Officers arrived on scene and discovered that a Chevrolet sedan was traveling east on S. Chelton Road making a left turn to travel south on Zebulon Drive. As the Chevrolet sedan was making the turn the sedan was struck on the front passenger side of the vehicle by a motorcycle traveling west on Chelton Road. Members of the Colorado Springs Fire Department and American Medical Response arrived on scene and treated the motorcycle rider for serious life-threatening injuries prior to transporting the motorcycle rider to a local hospital.
Due to the nature of the crash the Major Crash Team was notified and responded to assume the investigation. On Sunday June 19, 2022, the driver of the motorcycle succumbed to injuries suffered during the motorcycle crash.
On Monday June 20, 2022, the El Paso County Coroner’s office conducted an autopsy of the deceased motorcycle rider. The motorcycle rider has been identified as 36-year-old Michael Adeyanju. This is the 21st fatality this year in Colorado Springs. Of the 21 fatalities 11 of those have been motorcycle involved. At this same time last year there were 20 fatalities. Neither speed nor alcohol are considered factors in this investigation.